Liam Booth-Smith

Recent articles

The PM’s speech: she’s still standing

Theresa May’s calamitous set piece speech was poor in public policy terms, and the council housing... Read more
Social care’s moral majority is a losing one

Warnings over the future of social care are loud and consistent. But it isn’t the politicians who... Read more
Detecting the signal in the Autumn Statement noise

Philip Hammond’s announcements on housing and mayoral borrowing powers represent a welcome shift in... Read more
Troubled Families: the Moneyball moment for payment-by-results?

The government’s Troubled Families programme shows how payment by result contracts can go wrong.... Read more

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