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There’s been a lot of talk about public sector reform recently – we’ve been talking about public service reform as we wrap up our Future Public Services Taskforce, Pat McFadden’s been talking about civil service reform, and the Prime Minister’s...
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2024 was dubbed the “year of democracy”, a super election year in which, by some counts, half the world went to the polls. It shone a light on the yawning flaws in our information ecosystems, with persisting concerns about the...
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Yesterday, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published one of the first major policy papers of the new Labour government – the ‘Get Britain Working’ White Paper. Ignore the headlines which accompanied it (‘Young people who refuse to work...
GCSE figures released last week show that the gap in attainment between richer and poorer students is widening. Demos analysis of the latest figures show that, in 2013, 38.1% of children on Free School Meals hit the government’s benchmark of 5 or...
There is a growing tension between the role of public services in supporting families, and sanctioning their behaviour. This may strike some as an abstract, political problem, but in the daily lives of struggling families these mixed signals can cause...
It is becoming clear that the run up to the general election will increasingly turn into a game of one-upmanship. With each populist pledge the Conservatives make regarding immigration or welfare, Labour is prompted to bring out its own version....
This week, the stranglehold that high street banks have over key bank services – like current accounts, small business lending, and mortgages – came back into view thanks to Ed Miliband’s eye-catching pledge to break up the bigger banks. This would...
Last week I posted the first blog in a short series on what a new Department for Economic Reform might look to do and how. Below is the next instalment, on government as shop steward. Next week: government as industrial activist. Mission: Government as...
Banking in Britain is not competitive – at least not in the way that you or I would understand. A market that works effectively is one in which consumers feel they have genuine choice. For most bank retail customers, and...
