Public services
A cross-party parliamentary commission is the best way to build lasting social care reform
A parliamentary commission remains the best option to build lasting social care reform.
Policing pledges could spell trouble for the criminal justice system
The main parties’ pledges to increase police numbers may not be enough to effectively deal with crime, and could create issues further down the line.
Conservative and Labour fiscal rules would shake off the spending straitjacket
While the winner of the next election will adopt a looser fiscal stance, any increases in capital spending must be carefully managed.
Election 2019: The next five years of spending on public services
This event launched the fourth edition of Performance Tracker, a data-driven analysis of the performance of key public services, including: prisons, h
Both parties' new fiscal rules don’t address the challenges facing public services
The fiscal splurges of the election campaign trail fail to address the clear pressures in public services.
Performance Tracker 2019
Performance Tracker 2019 projects the demand and spending on nine public services for the next five years.
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.
Conference pledges leave key questions on health and social care unanswered
Party conferences saw a proliferation of health and social care policies which are full of unanswered questions and skewed priorities.
How to fix government outsourcing
The Rt Hon Sir David Lidington MP joined us to launch our new report which assesses the government's record of outsourcing over the last four decades.
Government must address the causes of repeated outsourcing failures
The government has a chequered record on outsourcing, but bringing services back into government hands by default risks throwing away the successes.