Public services
Let us hope these emergency cash injections for social care are coming to an end
Councils need confidence about future funding to invest prudently, but cash injections are stop-gap solutions.
Public services in 2018: performance and pressure
This event launched the third edition of Performance Tracker, a data-driven analysis of the performance of key public services from the Institute for
What role should artificial intelligence play in government?
In government, algorithms have the potential to make public service delivery more efficient and personalised. But that’s just the start.
The 2019 Spending Review
Brexit will make the next spending review harder than in past years
Negotiating Brexit: policing and criminal justice
Failure to secure a new agreement on policing and criminal justice after Brexit will make it harder to extradite dangerous criminals from the UK.
How to run a spending review
In 2019 the Government plans to run a new spending review – setting out how much money it will give each department.
A care ISA can’t fix social care
The government will need to propose a lot more than just a care ISA to meet the current service challenges.
Is it time for a hypothecated tax to fund the NHS?
In our debate, leading figures debated the pros and cons of breaking years of Treasury orthodoxy.
Breaking the public service pay cap will not solve recruitment and retention problems
Lifting the public sector pay cap was a necessary step towards solving the Government’s workforce woes – but other issues still need to be addressed.
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.