Public services
Government plugs gaps in prison service staff
New civil service staff numbers show increases at the Prison and Probation Service, and spending on Brexit staff continuing to grow.
How to fix health and social care funding
Experts agree that health and social care require more funding. But how much is needed? Where should the money be raised from? And how can funding inc
How should the Government spend money more effectively on digital technology?
Technology could dramatically improve public services, but the Government’s approach to financing digital transformation is stifling these improvement
Government can use GDPR to be more proactive about data
New data protection regulations offer government an opportunity to think again about how it can use data effectively.
‘The World’s Biggest Quango’
The creation of NHS England has failed to take the politics out of healthcare provision in England.
Five questions new councillors must ask
Newly-elected councillors inherit a challenging mix of rising demands and smaller budgets.
‘The World's Biggest Quango’: the first five years of NHS England
The operation of the National Health Service in England was made statutorily independent five years ago. But has the legislation achieved what its ori
Five things you should know before you vote in the local elections
Over the next five years, councillors will have to make tricky trade-offs, and manage tight financial situations.
Hypothecated tax is no long-term solution for funding health and social care
A one-off tax to fund health and social care might solve the short-term problem but would do nothing more than kick the problem down the road.
Crime is about more than policing
The debate over police cuts isn't going anywhere without a robust, cross-government response to go with it.