Universal Credit is intended to simplify out-of-work benefits and in-work credits, but in its present form it could make things more complicated for many of those it is meant to assist.
The proposed Garden Bridge across the Thames is an object lesson in how political initiatives can rub up against technocratic process. Reforming EU procurement legislation could allow big ideas to...
Better measurement of the outcomes from NHS spending will be a key factor in meeting the efficiency target in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. Finance professionals must focus on driving...
The public sector procurement function does not enjoy the status that it does in the private sector. This needs to change if we are to continue to drive efficiencies and add value
Today’s confirmation of a City Devolution Bill should be the starting point for devolution go both further and wider across the country. The government should set out a roadmap to turn devolution...
The general election delivered a clear result. The Conservatives can now implement their manifesto pledges to build on the last government’s work on public sector reform
The election result on May 7 may have surprised pundits expecting a hung parliament. But it was equally interesting in what it says about Britain today, and who now gets to become an MP.
The new Conservative government may have a majority in Westminster, but greater diversity in local elections will still influence how it governs over the next five years
The new Conservative government will need to deliver substantial improvements in public sector efficiency and productivity if it is to fulfil its ambitious spending promises
Councils want the momentum towards devolution to be maintained after the election. But there are risks attached to handling the bigger budgets involved
The SNP’s new leader is being regarded wth the affection usually reserved for royalty. Yet serious questions are being asked about the party’s fiscal policies
Social investment has been hyped as the solution to myriad problems. And there’s much to recommend it—but the new government should steer clear of the over-excited rhetoric
GPs are crucial to plans set out in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View. They must work together to ensure service changes can be brought to fruition.
Public sector organisations like councils and colleges can do much to work with suppliers on their doorstep and stimulate local economies. In Lancashire work is underway to ‘repatriate’...
Manifesto pledges suggest there will be more money for the NHS whoever wins the election, but there are radically different ideas about how to manage change and meet patients’ needs
The Dilnot reforms to the social care funding system were supposed to have solved the problem. But do the changes provide value for money and can they endure?
Amid a changing municipal landscape, local enterprise partnerships, business improvement districts and businesses themselves need to take a lead on developing reforms to the out-of-date system of...
