It looks like we will have some fun accounting issues with the new system for financing higher education. In particular, around whether it really is a 'loan' system as against a 'graduate tax'.
There is a need for a cadre of commercial managers to work alongside strategic and operational leaders to support politicians make the decisions and implement them
With several millions of public sector workers and their families reining in their discretionary spending, the impact on GDP growth in the UK could be huge
Winston Churchill is not one of my heroes. But in one area of public life he remains a beacon of sanity and good practice that puts present day coalition politicians to shame
The education secretary is right to aim for a national funding formula, where schools are directly funded by Whitehall. But getting there will be a huge problem, and the obstacles en route could...
Student fees affect so many people that opposition will grow as more and more understand the impact on them and their children, and the fact that there was a fairer and workable alternative available
Think about the implementation muddles the government has managed to generate around Child Benefit and multiply that by thirty and you get some idea of the train wreck on the horizon.
Getting more unemployed people into work is a key aim of the coalition. The Work Programme, combined with an overhaul of benefits, is the vehicle to make this happen
When the Commission on 2020 Public Services first met, one of our challenges was to wake people up to the looming crisis. Well, nobody is asleep any more
The coalition government today announced departmental business plans across Whitehall. These are supposed to be 'revolutionary', but the revolution is more spin than substance
Government cuts to capital spending will not mean the end of the PFI, PPPs or Local Improvement Finance Trusts. It's actually the opposite - without these vehicles, the future for the public sector...
In these uncertain times, councils can take a more hands-on approach to development and regeneration. Paul McGuinness of GVA Financial Consulting discusses the options
The health secretary has proposed using risk-sharing deals between drug companies and the NHS as the new basis for extending access to medicines. But this is not a sustainable system