Malcolm Prowle

About Malcolm Prowle

Malcolm Prowle is professor of business performance at Nottingham Business School and a visiting research professor at the Open University Business School. Malcolm is an expert on the economics, finance and management of public services. He has advised ministers, senior civil servants and public service managers on a wide range of public policy and implementation issues

City limits

8 December 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The Prime Minister is caving in to pressure from the City of London to ensure minimal financial regulation, but isn’t this the approach that got us into the crisis in the first place? Read more

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I think, therefore I’m in London

17 November 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The preponderance of London-based think-tanks reinforces concerns about the over-centralised nature of British government and the economic and political dominance of the capital Read more

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Mind your own affairs, minister

2 September 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

Whitehall keeps ordering  democratically elected councils about instead of focusing on its own failings. It is time for a local government constitution
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Time to raise income tax?

5 August 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

With the government running out of financial options and a European economic crisis imminent, ministers have to start thinking the unthinkable Read more

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Getting out of the economic no-growth hole

28 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The prime minister is rumoured to be unhappy with the progress being made by the Treasury on economic growth. True or not, it is clear that tinkering isn’t working  Read more

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NHS savings: time for realism

19 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The government’s efficiency target for the NHS is simply wishful thinking. When will ministers realise that you can’t change public services just by issuing orders from London? Read more

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Phone hacking: Britain’s Watergate?

13 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The current crisis involving News International has echoes of the troubles that engulfed US politics 40 years ago, but the outcome in the UK could be a more appropriate relationship between politicians and the media Read more

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Intensive care needed for NHS finances

4 July 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

The scale of cuts required of the NHS is unprecedented and possibly unachievable. Normal efficiencies just won’t do and finance professionals need to bring doctors on board

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Whither Welsh local government?

22 June 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

Structural reform is on the agenda for Welsh town halls, but we would be better off focusing on how to make existing arrangements work better through improvements in culture and management effectiveness Read more

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Universities: a private function?

17 June 2011 | Malcolm Prowle

Proposals for a private college charging tuition fees of £18,000 each year could radically alter the higher education sector over the long term Read more

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