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• Make public bodies more diverse

  New research shows that public bodies are overwhelmingly male and white, as the government launches a campaign to make them more diverse and meet its own targets

• Skills for growth white paper needs more work

  While commitment to apprenticeships and the employer-led sector skills councils can only be a good thing, the removal of support for schemes such as 'non-first' qualifications are a glaring mistake

• Adding up the figures

  Government efficiency needs more cooperation and fewer arbitrary targets

• Charitable solutions

  The Guardian Charity Awards 2009 recognise small, innovative UK charities that make a real difference to people's lives

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• Senior civil servants resist diversity

• Going to work in the 21st century

• Salary issues