Given that the government’s lust for setting targets has done so much to increase bureaucracy in public services
Given that the government’s lust for setting targets has done so much to increase bureaucracy in public services, one could be forgiven for a little scepticism regarding the Prime Minister’s latest target: to reduce red tape by 25 per cent.
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