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Theory of everything

How can councils better prepare themselves to deal with the impact of welfare reform? Tracie Evans takes lessons from the science of evolution

Ethologist Richard Dawkins said: ‘The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is, in principle, capable of explaining the existence of organised complexity'. OMG! Housing reforms, welfare reforms, pensions reforms, NHS reforms , funding reforms, growth strategies, demand studies, elections and much more.

With this amount of government-driven complexity it will be nearly impossible to get to the cumulative improved outcomes we all desire.

Tracie Evans

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