Two parliamentary reports are increasing the pressure on the Private Finance Initiative, yet it’s hard to imagine the government resisting its fiscal advantages Read more...
Who’s minding the shop? This is the question being asked – literally in the case of looted and burnt-out high streets – after a summer of social and economic turmoil. Read more...
A new survey of public sector leaders shows they are worried about the speed and scale of service cuts, but cautiously welcome some of the government’s decentralising reforms Read more
The government is right to address the huge unfunded liability that public sector pensions represent. Read more...
Pensions have become a key battleground between government and public sector workers. Ian Mulheirn puts forward the case for a pay and pensions body to depoliticise the issue Read more...
The Dilnot proposals on funding adult social care are welcome , but there are some tricky financial issues for policy-makers to digest over the summer break
The Open public services white paper is full of ‘new’ policies that have been around for ages. It rehashes failed ideas and rubbishes the public sector at almost every opportunity Read more...
The rise and fall of the Murdoch empire will have no real impact on politics or ordinary people, some commentators argue. They couldn’t be more wrong Read more...
The Office for Budget Responsibility has presented a sobering view of the pressures facing governments in the decades ahead Read more
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