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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Feb 28 2013
The Eastleigh by-election might give us some early answers to important questions about the next election
2 CommentsTweet Today’s Eastleigh by-election is widely expected to shed light on some of the most important issues which will shape the next general election. In this post Chris Prosser offers a set of predictions as to the likely outcome, made on the basis of a … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2013
Tagged with: by-elections, Chris Huhne, Conservatives, Eastleigh, elections, Labour, UKIP
Feb 28 2013
The final verdict on George Osborne as Chancellor – the economic damage is done, permanently
Leave a commentTweet After last week’s downgrading of the UK’s AAA credit rating by Moody’s, Simon Wren-Lewis suggests that the Chancellor’s political fortunes may now be at their lowest. He argues that there is nothing on the horizon macroeconomically which could repair the … Continue reading
Posted by: February 28, 2013
Tagged with: austerity, chancellor, credit, downgrade, macroeconomics, Moody's
Feb 27 2013
The two Coalition parties are sorely at odds over human rights
Leave a commentTweet The Commission on a Bill of Rights came out with its report 21 months into the making, but the government is expected to issue no response to it. Amy Williams welcomes this result but felt the commissioners in the majority … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, UK Bill of Rights
Feb 27 2013
Research into the ageing experiences of different migrant groups shows a need for more culturally appropriate delivery of public services
Leave a commentTweet The recognition of an increasingly multicultural and ageing population has led to a growing policy interest in how different migrant groups experience the ageing process within European cities. Shereen Hussein reports on research into the perceptions and needs associated with … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: ageing population, census, ethnicity, migrants, social care
Feb 26 2013
Beveridge didn’t create the Welfare State from nowhere – he created it by articulating the dangers of a life without it
1 CommentTweet December 2012 marked the 70th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, significant not only for its content but also for its context. In the midst of World War II, with a budget deficit and national debt that make today’s look negligible, … Continue reading
Posted by: February 26, 2013
Tagged with: beveridge report, class, social state, welfare, zoe williams
Feb 25 2013
The rise of a robot state? New frontiers for growing the productivity of government services
2 CommentsTweet Conventional wisdom and most national statistics have long treated the productivity of the government services sector as entirely flat. Only a tiny literature considers what actually happened to productivity at the organizational level. Drawing on their pioneering book, Patrick … Continue reading
Posted by: February 25, 2013
Tagged with: customs, DWP, HMRC, public services, zero touch technologies
