Too many local authorities fail to treat the voluntary and community sector with honesty and respect. As a result, councils are losing potential allies and solutions to their problems
Early intervention to tackle social problems is more vital than ever in a climate of local authority cutbacks. Payment-by-results Social Investment Bonds are potentially an important way to kick-...
The government has got its sums badly wrong on student loans. Fifty-somethings could still be paying off their debts, and 45 per cent of students are likely to default. What can be done?
The chancellor had little to offer providers of social housing in the Budget. But smarter procurement practices can help avoid the need for damaging cutbacks
It’s rare not to be able to predict the outcome of a British general election. But the May 2015 poll has a number of uncertainties and is simply too close to call
Public services need to be turned on their head, so they start from people and their needs rather than universal entitlements. We have to manage demand while generating better social value
The chancellor's pensions revolution is a disastrous mistake. Millions of pensioners will suffer lower retirement incomes as a result of the Budget announcement, and it could have huge unforeseen...
Many of the eye-catching measures in the Budget on pensions and ISAs will do little to tackle underlying growth and productivity issues. They continue a pattern of short-termist thinking by the...
