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Public Administration, (UK), Spring 98 (76/1)
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Analyses the managerial roles of chief executives within the UK public sector, focusing on cases studies from local government and National Health Service Trusts. 

The Office of Fair Trading has just posted on its website a customer-friendly
guide to savings, buying shares and handling money.
It says that as the Government reviews many areas of social provision,
consumers need to take ever more responsibility for their own financial
affairs. 

The Local Government Association is preparing to brief councillors and officers
on the implications of the just published white paper which promises major
change for authorities across the country.
Local Government White Paper: The Next Steps is a series of LGA briefings and conferences, with a session being held in Manchester Town Hall tomorrow
(Thursday), starting at 10am.