Education Minister Leighton Andrews says the creation of Wales' 22 councils during a local government shake-up in the mid-1990s was a mistake that contributed to unsatisfactory standards in schools 10 years later.
The government's shake-up of the benefits system is widely seen as the biggest change since the introduction of the welfare state.
Those leaving the government in the shake-up include Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman, Welsh Secretary Cheryl Gillan and Commons leader Sir George Young.
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England's former Children's Minister Tim Loughton has said important issues affecting children have been sidelined as the government prioritises a shake-up of schools.
Last month, the government announced a shake-up of the mortgage industry.
The Royal Air Force moved out of RAF Cottesmore last year following the government's shake-up of defence spending and the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment took over.
But now it has just 38 pupils and there are deepening fears about what the future may hold under the government's planned shake-up in school funding.
This angered the British government, which has been pushing for a shake-up of the hugely expensive and trade-distorting policy.
Invaluable though these qualities undoubtedly are, how can you legislate for them, especially when the government is engrossed in the latest radical NHS shake-up?
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The government suffered seven defeats over its plans to shake-up the welfare system when the legislation was first considered, and a further one after MPs had overturned all the setbacks.
Although still in draft form the report is not due to be published until April Sir Peter's findings, if fully implemented, would mean a dramatic shake-up for the way the government goes about its business.
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Labour MP Dame Anne Begg, who chairs the committee, said the government should reflect on the "possible consequences" of the shake-up on the most vulnerable and take action.
There are a group of about 20 hospitals which have run into financial difficulties and Labour accused the government of wanting to see more of these deals under its shake-up of the health service.
Back in May this year, Transport Minister Kim Howells promised a radical shake-up of the railways in a bid to tighten the government's grip on the way the industry was run.
As Mr Reichstul carries out his drastic shake-up, it is helpful to have the support of the government as owner.
UES, which runs Russia's national power grid, the government installed a 29-year-old chief executive and told him to shake the firm up.
An engineering diploma for teenagers downgraded in a shake-up of vocational qualifications is to be "reworked", the government has announced.
To most Portuguese, the shake-up smacks more of a prime minister imposing his authority than of a government in disarray.
Mr Sharon, anxious to shake off his ultra-hardline image, says he would set up a national unity government if elected, with Mr Barak as his minister of defence.
"We must shake up our out-of-date planning system, which was designed for the government run-society of the 1940s, " he says.
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