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A radical approach to tackling knife crime in Scotland

Posted by: Leslie Evans, Posted on: 4 July 2019 - Categories: Analysis and factual trends
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Scottish Government Permanent Secretary Leslie Evans recounts how policy towards tackling knife crime in Scotland has undergone a sea change over the last decade.

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This is us

Posted by: Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, Posted on: 16 April 2014 - Categories: Making organisations work well

Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, gives his perspective on public services in Scotland. We are currently in a rich period of organisational reform. The Civil Service Reform Plan is redrawing relationships within and between departments in …

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