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Perssonal development: how
to cut the defi cit Swedish style
COVER STORY
A civil partnership: the ramifi cations of the coalition for Whitehall
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Hell’s kitchen: spending cuts need a side order of tax increases to work
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REGULARS
4 LEADER
Local cuisine leaves a bad taste
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Speech therapy: the LibDems failed to shine in the opening of Parliament
FRONT COVER: OLIVER BURSTON
5 OPINION
T e LibDems might be enjoying the trappings of power now, but they will live to regret it – just as the public realises the implications of no third way, argues Peter Wilby
6 NEWS
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15 RIGHT AS RAIN?
Local authorities have an extra onus to prepare for fl oods, says Andrew Jepp
FEATURES
16 COVER STORY: BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL
Preparing for a new party in power is nothing new for Whitehall; preparing for two certainly is. Peter Riddell reports on how the civil service is managing the new politics, while implementing major constitutional reform
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CHUCK OUT THE DEFICIT
Cutting the defi cit is the name of the game. Former Swedish premier Göran Persson explains how he answered his nation’s SOS aſt er its 1990s fi scal crisis
24 EVENTS
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