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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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Public versus private: how to pick the best infrastructure finance option
Why a bias towards private infrastructure finance exists in government, and how this can be addressed.
How to value infrastructure
Government must get better at valuing the costs and benefits of infrastructure.
What’s wrong with infrastructure decision making?
Making decisions about infrastructure is one of the most important but difficult tasks for the UK government.
What’s wrong with infrastructure decision making?
Weak processes are leading to the wrong projects and contested decisions, wasting government time and taxpayer's money.