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Nice post from Whitehall Watch, particularly highlighting the difference between Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) and Annually Managed Expendutire (AME), the latter being that expenditure that can only be planned annually and which OBR forecasts will make up 49% of all departmental spending.
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On the future of social care funding.
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"Ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review, JRF commissioned Ipsos MORI to look into the views and perceptions of local authorities and service user/carer organisations as they prepare for the challenges they now face. This new Findings summarises local authority decision makers' and service users' perceptions of these issues in relation to local authority spending on adult social care, and the role of service users and carers in shaping services and informing decisions."
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Sensible stuff.
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Wider implications in terms of how service users interact with a public service (in this case health) through the use of technology also noted.
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Nice post from @lesteph on how he solves the "read later" difficulties on favourites across Google Reader, Twitter, delicious and Instapaper.
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Nice list from Neil Williams (@neilynell)
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CEO in question being Joanna Killian at Essex County Council.
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