Mike Thatcher

About Mike Thatcher

Mike Thatcher has been the editor of Public Finance magazine and publicfinance.co.uk since 2000. He previously had senior editorial roles on business publications covering the worlds of HR and printing. Before that, he was an economic analyst, working in the City. You can email him at editorial@publicfinance.co.uk.

Coming soon… By Mike Thatcher

18 November 2010 | Mike Thatcher

The French tell us that the more things change, the more they stay the same. And that might appear to be the case for Public Finance. Read more...

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CSR brinkmanship, by Mike Thatcher

21 October 2010 | Mike Thatcher

So Mr 25% has become Mr 19%. Chancellor George Osborne announced some serious cuts in this week’s Comprehensive Spending Review, but not quite on the scale previously forecast. Read more...

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Flight of fancy, by Mike Thatcher

23 September 2010 | Mike Thatcher

It might not have got the pulses racing at the Liberal Democrats conference in Liverpool but it has certainly excited the town hall cognoscenti. Read more...

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Costing the earth? By Mike Thatcher

9 September 2010 | Mike Thatcher

Was it only a few weeks ago that we were warned to expect a ‘bonanza’ for public sector outsourcing firms? Well, it certainly doesn’t look that way any more. Read more...

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Cutting edge, by Mike Thatcher

29 July 2010 | Mike Thatcher

Is the time ripe for a surge in outsourcing across our public services? A number of commentators think so, with the Guardian recently declaring that the ‘austerity drive will hand billions’ to the private sector. Read more...

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Free at last? By Mike Thatcher

15 July 2010 | Mike Thatcher

When New Labour came to power all those years ago, it was regularly lampooned for the way it ‘hit the ground reviewing’. All manner of controversial issues were kicked into the long grass via reviews overseen by the great and good. Read more...

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Talking the talk, by Mike Thatcher

10 June 2010 | Mike Thatcher

As former Swedish prime minister Göran Persson told the annual CIPFA conference in Harrogate this week, it’s easy to get elected; what’s difficult is to get re-elected. Read more...

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Come dine with us, by Mike Thatcher

27 May 2010 | Mike Thatcher

Coalition agreements are a recipe for inactivity, we have been told (not least by the Conservatives in a pre-election party political broadcast).  Compromise and trade-off inevitably lead to weak and indecisive leadership. Read more...

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Banking on Mervyn, by Mike Thatcher

13 May 2010 | Mike Thatcher

Mervyn King is not known for his hyperbole, so we should take comfort from his assertion this week that the new government’s deficit reduction plan is ‘strong and powerful’. Read more...

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A jungle out there, by Mike Thatcher

29 April 2010 | Mike Thatcher

Fleet Street’s finest were in shock this week when it turned out that none of the three main political parties had been completely open and frank about the true extent of the cuts that are awaiting us. Read more...

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