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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.
All work
Carillion: two years on
The Johnson government risks another Carillion if it doesn’t get behind the reforms put forward after the firm’s liquidation.
Five per cent spending cuts will be difficult to achieve
The extent of the savings planned by the government might be difficult to achieve
Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt reflects on his nine years in the cabinet, including serving as the longest-serving health secretary, and his role in the Leveson Inquiry.
Boris Johnson must now deliver his promised plan to fix social care
Boris Johnson now owns responsibility for fixing a broken social care system.
Performance Tracker 2019
Performance Tracker 2019 projects the demand and spending on nine public services for the next five years.
Chris Grayling
Chris Grayling talks about his various ministerial roles, including key decisions he made as justice and transport secretary.
The government’s criminal justice proposals don’t add up
Current criminal justice plans don’t address how to improve standards in prisons and will leave a hole in their budgets.
Government outsourcing
Which services have been outsourced successfully and which need reform
Boris Johnson’s public services promises won’t be easy to achieve
The new Prime Minister has made an early promise to reform a wide range of public services.
The future of HS2 should not be in the hands of Conservative Party activists
There are better ways to make decisions on national infrastructure projects.