The public sector does not have easy-to-measure goals such as maximising profits. This makes it all the more important that public bodies have effective performance management processes. John...
With the Budget emphasising the need for efficiency savings, performance management is going to play a crucial role in coming years. In association with Oracle, PF convened a round table of experts...
It’s more important than ever to improve public sector productivity, but top-down performance management approaches are destined to fail. A better method, argues Max Moullin, is to use a public...
David Cameron has promised to conjure up ‘more for less’ if the Tories win the next general election. But, argues Philip Johnston, there is no secret formula, and a Tory prime minister might have to...
With the graduate job market in deep recession, students can ill-afford another rise in top-up fees. But cash-strapped universities say it’s the only way to maintain world-class standards. Can the...
Town hall leaders have been ‘hugely encouraged’ by the announcement of funding to help them create 100,000 new jobs - but have called for the extra money to be passed on quickly.
The public sector faces a £47bn spending squeeze from 2011, along with slashed capital allocations and a renewed efficiency drive as a result of this year’s Budget, experts have warned.
A powerful budget department similar to the UK Treasury should be set up in Scotland to control the stark spending choices now facing the Salmond administration, a leading think-tank has suggested...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has said the recession is serving as a ‘catalyst’ for the reform of public services and creating greater need for devolution of power
Is April the cruellest month? By the time Alistair Darling finished his 2009 Budget speech, it was looking a lot nastier than November. The litany of figures the chancellor recited revealed just how...
The government’s push for greater choice and personalisation of public services will be hit by the spending squeeze outlined in the Budget, the chair of a powerful Commons committee has warned
A powerful committee of MPs has warned that ‘unprecedented’ cuts in public services and substantial tax increases might be needed to claw Britain back from its worst fiscal position since the Second...
