Nick Davies
Programme Director
A preventative approach to public services
The next government must focus on prevention or risk worse public services and higher taxes.
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.
Six lessons government should learn from the Post Office scandal
The handling of the Post Office scandal has wider lessons for government.
How to approach insourcing and outsourcing
Key questions you should ask when making decisions on government outsourcing and insourcing.
Reunification of probation services
MoJ's preparations for the reunification of services and their transition back into the department.
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Government procurement
One third of government’s spending is with contractors: last year, four departments spent more than half their budgets with external suppliers.
How to be a minister
How can ministers responsible for infrastructure policy make better decisions?
Modernising government: the low-hanging fruit has already been picked
Finding more durable savings will require a serious rethink about how public services are provided.
How to fix the funding of health and social care
A parliamentary inquiry is likely to be the best way to secure long-term funding for health and social care.
Three questions the Government needs to answer about NHS funding
The Government must answer three questions if it is to put the health system on a sustainable financial footing.
Capita’s collapse would be far messier than Carillion’s
While we don’t yet know whether Capita will fail, the mere risk should spur government action on this critical issue.
How to transform infrastructure decision making in the UK
How competing needs and perspectives can be balanced to improve three vital aspects of infrastructure policy: time, quality and cost.
How to get better private finance deals for infrastructure
Ministers are hampering progress towards their own objective of increasing private investment in UK infrastructure at a good price.
It’s time to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory footing
The resignation of Lord Adonis as Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission shows it’s time to put it on a statutory footing, argues Nick Davies
How to design an infrastructure strategy for the UK
The Government should create a new commission to involve local people in major infrastructure projects.