This spate of crises speaks of a bloated, broken Whitehall
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: Over-centralised, over-sized and overbearing, public administration in Britain is rendered exhausted and incapable
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Airports closed, supermarkets were jammed, and plows ruled the roads.
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A fresh IRA statement says the British and Irish governments are "making a mess" of the peace process.
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Italyâs fragile government snapped over internal divisions and skepticism about Europeâs role in fighting terrorism.
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Volume of calls from public plummets in the wake of phone-in scandals.
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THE flight of doctors and nurses from public hospitals is without doubt the largest crisis in health care today. The scale of the problem is staggering. According to the Health Systems Trust, 52574 posts were vacant in the public health sector last year, ...
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Similar to the red-blue political split in the US, it has brought the government to a standstill - forcing emergency elections Sunday.
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The resignation of David Blunkett as home secretary has left a gaping hole in the frontline of Prime Minister Tony Blair's government ahead of elections expected in a matter of months, newspapers warned.
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Downing Street says more help being looked at 'as matter of urgency'.
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Government fightback derailed by unforced errors as Tories concentrate fire on Brown's leadership
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Media & professional: Options likely to prove unpalatable for staff, with redundancies running into four figures.
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The prime minister is accused of "dithering" and failing to deal quickly enough with the Northern Rock crisis.
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THOUSANDS of pensioners and people on benefits have been hit by a massive computer failure at the Department for Work and Pensions.
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As Gordon Brown finally enters Downing Street as prime minister, the foreign, health and justice ministers lose their jobs.
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The Child Support Agency reform was one of the "greatest public administration disasters of recent times," MPs say.
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A large disturbance inside the UK's biggest immigration centre has been contained, the Home Office says.
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Talks on funding of political parties have broken down after 18 months of negotiations, it has emerged.