http://publicexperience.com New posts on Public Experience en-gb team@publicexperience.com team@publicexperience.com 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 1 daily http://publicexperience.com/comments/486 Public Sector software/system purchased were compelled to provide open, documented and maintained standard interfaces (APIs).</p><p>A system which uses addresses, for example, should come with a &quot;connector&... http://publicexperience.com/comments/485 All shops who sold tobacco and cigarettes had to sell nicotine replacement patches and gum etc. http://publicexperience.com/comments/484 wouldn&#39;t it be good if, when travelling with little or no luggage, you could pick up a package at the your station and deliver it to a waiting office or person at your destination.</p><p>We did something similar... http://publicexperience.com/comments/483 Right. Attempting to register for self assesment. Had to get my reference in the post. It&#39;s arrived. Have opened the window.</p><p>Clicked through some forms. Put my (valid) email address. Rejected. Now using... http://publicexperience.com/comments/482 The simplest of things.....the difficulty with snow.</p><p>I had always found snow difficult, treacherous for driving, quite threatening if alone. And then I married a man who had lived for eighteen years in the... http://publicexperience.com/comments/481 Inability to deal with snow. </p><p>That&#39;s a week now that not one two-wheel drive car has made it down our rural lane. The station is about an hour&#39;s walk away. Wouldnt it be better if the parish had... http://publicexperience.com/comments/479 Can I work with you on any of these points? http://whymandesign.posterous.com/ </p><p>http://twitter.com/whymandesign Maybe with innovate.direct.gov.uk/ http://publicexperience.com/comments/477 I&#39;m very interested in helping the police give a better service, tailor-made to the needs of their community. I&#39;m also very keen on exploring ways in which the police can work with their local community ... http://publicexperience.com/comments/476 I came off my bicycle at night on a Surrey country road I thought I knew well. Turns out there was a long ridge where a pipe repair had setted below the road surface. </p><p>Anyway, I thought I&#39;d report it so... http://publicexperience.com/comments/475 I have a lasting power of attorney to act on behalf of my father. However in order to use it I have to send this 50 page document to each financial institution, meaning registered letters, time and expense. I believe... http://publicexperience.com/comments/471 I am a british citizen and my wife is Polish. We have been married just over 2 years but we have been together for 5. My wife came to the UK in April 2004 and we met and moved in together in September 2004. 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The visa reads &quot;no recourse to public funds.&quot; When I went to register for a GP, the surgery told me they could not accept anyone with that restriction... http://publicexperience.com/comments/465 Why doesn&#39;t government just fund strategies as clearly so many Ministries and agencies work together on many policies, so fund strategies and not Ministries through a dynamic &quot;pay as you go&quot; resource... http://publicexperience.com/comments/462 A job centre was not allowed to give out the information on companies that were listing vacancies in case it biased the marketplace, giving undue focus to a few companies. Wouldn&#39;t it be better if they had a... http://publicexperience.com/comments/460 Ideas such as this one...</p><p>http://publicexperience.com/comments/275 &quot;I worked as head of a &#39;one stop shop&#39; for a council for 2 months. The idea was to provide customer focused care at the front... http://publicexperience.com/comments/459 Government rewarded people who put good ideas in here (it creates even more good ideas in the long run and funds innovative people) http://www.Triadmark.org http://publicexperience.com/comments/455 government procurement processes were simpler, quicker and more efficient? http://publicexperience.com/comments/453 In crimes not involving injury to persons, the punishment actually involved improving the local comunity in which the criminal lived or the crime was committed. </p><p>That way rather that society being &#39;punished... http://publicexperience.com/comments/452 There seems to be a knee jerk reaction out there if any thing goes wrong of &quot;lets have a public inquiry&quot; - the problem is they cost a fortune and it is OUR money, taxes are being spent on this and not ... http://publicexperience.com/comments/450 When starting the process of establishing a small business, entrepeneurs were helped by Councils offering an &quot;SME starter pack&quot; which would include all the key information and approvals that a person planning... http://publicexperience.com/comments/447 I am in the process of fighting to get my elder sons Mobility raised back up to high rate.</p><p>One random GP who never even met him decided he didn&#39;t need it despite me sending in 6 letters of support from... http://publicexperience.com/comments/442 Central government once and for all began to work joined up. I work in housing and you could say we are a dog with many tails all of which wag us. We are regulated and inspected by many different channels. i... http://publicexperience.com/comments/441 student finance wales - based in scotland, no enquiries telphone number and no website access for disabled student to register........... have had to go through the MP to get a form for finance! what a waste of ... http://publicexperience.com/comments/440 People got married for life, had children and looked after them. Didn&#39;t take mind altering drugs like alcohol and cigarettes, then they would have money, improving their lot and that of their children. Everyone... http://publicexperience.com/comments/439 My disability prevents me from sitting, meaning I can only be driven for a maximum of 5 minutes (about 1.5 miles from my house). I can also only walk less than 50 metres. So I am entitled to a blue badge. But our... http://publicexperience.com/comments/438 Wouldn&#39;t it be better if our MPs were elected by the single transferable vote system of proportional representation? Then we might have a House of Commons that looked something like the one the voters actually... http://publicexperience.com/comments/435 I worked in Local Government but am now retired. I was a Chief Work Study Officer. My job was to increase productivity, first by bringing the work rate upto standard and then by giving a bonus of one third extra...