Public services
Adapting the PMDU Model
This InsideOUT report examines how a delivery unit modelled on the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit was set up by Haringey Council in north London.
No home and all alone – the complicated lives some of those in need
A personal story.
Plenty of food for thought – but choose carefully from the menu
The new think tank GovernUp has published six papers on reforming government. Julian McCrae reflects on some of the ideas.
Guest blog: Get off the ring-fence
Emran Mian, Director of the Social Market Foundation, argues that declaring budget ring-fences one by one is no way to plan for cuts in the next parli
Pre-election school tests
A welcome pledge, but questions remain.
Who's accountable for weak accountability?
Even the Treasury now proclaims its enthusiasm for devolution. But weaknesses in transparency and accountability are undermining localism.
Going full Circle: Hinchingbooke collapse raises outsourcing questions
There are questions about the viability of further hospital outsourcing.
Clueless on contracting
How to better spend public money.
Guest blog - It Takes Three: How New Zealand thinks about arm’s-length bodies
Ten years after the Crown Entities Act 2004.
What Works Centres: Can they deliver?
What makes What Works Centres work?