Comment – Making space for place, by Paul Raynes (PF 9/2/07)

LGA report – economies largely function on a local level: most people are not nationally mobile and most companies do not have a national footprint. Therefore economy should be governed locally.

After the revolution, by Iain Macwhirter (PF 15/6/07)

Scottish Government is pursuing a strategic direction that is opposed by the Westminster gov’t which gives it authority. You can impose restrictions on power, but some orgs have sufficient legitimacy of their own to pursue a strategic direction without the authority to actually implement it.

News analysis – Foundations accused of seeking to avoid income cap

More on Foundation Trusts and Private Patient Income, as discussed here.

Comment – Everything to gain, by Heather Lawrence (PF 31/8/07)

Arguments from the CE of Chelsea and Westminster FT in support of their efforts to bypass the private patient income cap. Strategic freedom in spite of the desires of Parliament. Innovation – re-investing in the service. Too much disaggregation can lead to bodies ’slipping the leash.’

Urban poor hit hardest by post office closures (PF 7/9/07)

Unintended consequences of restricting strategic freedom: people find a way to game the system. Here rules preventing closure of rural post offices have impacted on the urban poor.