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• Ministers, not Home Office officials, have created the Windrush scandal | Dave Penman
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 19 Apr 18
  Amber Rudd has criticised civil servants over Windrush. How does she think they can cope with 3.5m EU citizens here? While ministers collectively scratch their heads over the Windrush scandal and how we got here, the only thing that’s surprising…
• The BNP may have gone but communities are more vulnerable to unforeseen sparks
  New Local Government Network News 18 Apr 18
  This article first appeared in the LGC on 17 April 2018 The news that the British National Party no longer has any representation in local government following the resignation of its last remaining councillor has been welcomed across the political…
• How GDS is enabling DCMS colleagues to break into coding
  UK Gov Digital Service Blog 17 Apr 18
  In November last year, colleagues from DCMS got in touch with us to find out about the work we do with Codebar, a non-profit organisation that runs coding workshops for under-represented people in tech. They wanted to run something similar …
• Homelessness: another fine mess for councils created by government | Adam Lent
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 17 Apr 18
  Instead of rethinking welfare cuts or building more homes, ministers have refused to face the human cost of their policies The Homelessness Reduction Act, which came into force this month, is at the same time a necessary and utterly ludicrous…
• MPs’ vote on Brexit is more than ‘deal or no deal’
  Institute for Government 15 Apr 18
  Parliament’s ‘meaningful vote’ on the Brexit deal will be more than a yes-or-no choice, according to a new report.
• Here's my advice for Amber Rudd on knife crime | Don Macdonald
  Public Leaders Network: Guardian 14 Apr 18
  Austerity has destroyed the community projects that equip offenders and truants with new skills and a sense of purpose Continue reading…