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Nick Davies
Programme Director
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A preventative approach to public services
The next government must focus on prevention or risk worse public services and higher taxes.
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Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget 2024 did little to address long-term problems in public services
With the dust settled on the budget, Nick Davies looks at what it means for public services.
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Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
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How to approach insourcing and outsourcing
Key questions you should ask when making decisions on government outsourcing and insourcing.
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Reunification of probation services
MoJ's preparations for the reunification of services and their transition back into the department.
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Performance Tracker 2023: Neighbourhood services
Neighbourhood services – libraries, road maintenance, and waste collection – entered the pandemic with reduced or changed amenities.
Performance Tracker 2023: Children's social care
The sector faces workforce shortages alongside increasing demands; with referrals at pre-pandemic levels and an increasingly complex caseload.
Performance Tracker 2023: Schools
A recruitment crisis, problems with pupil attendance and the presence of RAAC are all presenting challenges for schools.
Retention in public services
How can government keep workers in the NHS, schools and police?
Five key questions for Rishi Sunak at the Conservative party conference
The IfG expert team set out the questions that need answering as the Conservative party gathers in Manchester
School concrete crisis shows the danger of short-term capital budget thinking
Capital budgets need to be made less prone to unpredictability.
This should be Labour's last pre-election reshuffle
Keir Starmer has made some big changes to Labour's shadow ministerial team.
How to approach insourcing and outsourcing
Key questions you should ask when making decisions on government outsourcing and insourcing.
Adult social care: Short-term support and long-term stability
The government's plan won't turn around adult social care performance.
Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Adult social care
The government provided additional funding for adult social care in the autumn statement but the workforce crisis is worse than ever.