Kerry Lorimer

Freelance journalist

Recent articles

CIPFA: Public sector needs governance overhaul

Dysfunctional relationships between senior officers and elected members are a root cause of... Read more
‘Hundreds of councils’ at risk of financial failure if local government is not taken seriously

Political parties have been told to wake up to a looming crisis in local government that could see... Read more
Health Foundation: Parties must acknowledge NHS funding crisis

The main political parties have been urged to face up to the funding crisis facing health services... Read more
Punitive disability benefit reform would be ‘risky in the extreme’

Clamping down on disability benefits without a proper understanding of why the welfare bill is... Read more
Levelling up progress ‘glacial’, and UK has declined in many areas, IFS finds

Progress towards eradicating regional inequalities has been “glacial”, driven by patchy policy... Read more
Study finds safety net ‘inadequate’ after years of working-age benefit cuts

A profound shift in welfare policy that has seen pensioners benefit at the expense of the working-... Read more
Lagging UK cities ‘the sick men of the G7’

The poor performance of cities such as Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow has created a “yawning... Read more
IFS publishes manifesto verdicts

As the main political parties set out their policy stalls in hastily written manifestos, the focus... Read more
Scotland could miss out on millions of development funding from the EU

The Scottish Government has failed to spend over €136m in EU structural funding allocated to boost... Read more
‘Neither party seems serious’: IFS criticises Labour and Tory approach to fiscal rules

Neither the Conservatives nor Labour are serious about reducing the level of national debt, the... Read more

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