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Abdool Kara

Abdool Kara

Abdool Kara is executive leader for local services at the National Audit Office and former chief execuitve of Swale BC

Articles by Abdool Kara

Councils tapping into the social research base

By Abdool Kara | 04 April 2013

Abdool Kara on how he's joined the SOLACE foundation as a trustee, supporting the workstream on e...

Learning from Lincoln

By Abdool Kara | 28 February 2013

Abdool Kara on the lessons that can be learnt in the art of politics, from watching the film Linc...

The complexities within Whitehall

By Abdool Kara | 16 January 2013

Abdool Kara on the complex approach Whitehall has adopted on the West Coast Main Line procurement.

Looking at the bigger picture within local government

By Abdool Kara | 14 November 2012

Swale BC chief, Abdool Kara, makes an evolutionary leap into natural selection for local government.

The purpose of the Alliance for Useful Evidence

By Abdool Kara | 04 October 2012

Abdool Kara looks at the latest project by Nesta, the Economic and Social Research Council and th...

The factors of driving efficiency

By Abdool Kara | 15 August 2012

Abdool Kara looks at the factors that are important in providing efficiency within local councils.

The different approaches of local government reform

By Abdool Kara | 27 June 2012

Abdool Kara explains the different approaches the previous and current Government's have taken to...

Distinguishing good processes from good outcomes

By Abdool Kara | 24 May 2012

Abdool Kara says good politicians know that good outcomes cannot be divorced from good processes.

The benefits of the commitee system

By Abdool Kara | 13 April 2012

Abdool Kara looks at how a growing number of authorities are choosing the commitee system as a re...

The right way for the Health and Social Care Bill

By Abdool Kara | 07 March 2012

When to force change and when instead to build a force for change, is a tricky judgement for poli...