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Tag Archives: public spending
Jun 8 2012
Government’s plan to transform the Post Office network must be partnered with improvements in service standards if it is to succeed
Leave a commentTweet During the most recent Post Office closures, 2.7 million people had their say on the service that is vital to them. Andy Burrows argues that a new radical plan to make the post office network more sustainable will only work … Continue reading
Posted by: June 8, 2012
Tagged with: government, Post Offices, public spending, service standards
May 30 2012
Pressure is mounting on single parents to find work and move off benefits – but the government’s reforms will do very little to help
2 CommentsTweet Rigid adherence to the conditions of jobseeker’s allowance inhibits, rather than enables, a single parent’s ability to find better paid employment, writes Phillippa Newis. Government would do better to be patient with single parents who wish to complete further … Continue reading
Posted by: May 30, 2012
Tagged with: austerity, jobs, public spending
Mar 9 2012
The extent to which police programmes are accountable to national oversight bodies in an age of localism should be clarified for local leaders who have responded positively to the changes in policing
Leave a commentTweet The transformation of policing is real and is gathering momentum. Nick Gargan argues that police chiefs have welcomed and risen to the new localism agenda but central bodies are still administering direct oversight of programmes making it unclear where … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2012
Tagged with: localism, mobile technology, police, public spending, uk government, uk politics
Mar 2 2012
The services provided by public libraries are irreplaceable, but the network needs to be modernised
1 CommentTweet Library services need to modernise and move into the 21st century. Miranda McKearney argues that we should look past the global statistics on falling library use and conduct careful strategic planning to create a library service that can adapt … Continue reading
Posted by: March 2, 2012
Tagged with: libraries, public services, public spending, uk government
Feb 21 2012
Osborne should make cuts from low-growth areas, and recycle the money into high-impact spending to boost the economy while sticking to the deficit reduction plan
Leave a commentTweet Ian Mulheirn discusses the Social Market Foundation’s plan to boost growth while sticking to the deficit cutting plan. So now it seems everyone is calling for a fiscal growth strategy. Conservative backbenchers are pushing tax breaks for entrepreneurs; Ed Balls … Continue reading
Posted by: February 21, 2012
Tagged with: austerity, deficit reduction, economic growth, Economic Policy, public spending, uk politics
Feb 13 2012
Road safety is at risk if we ignore targets and the lack of funding in some local authorities
1 CommentTweet The downward trend in road deaths seen in recent years should not be taken for granted. Neil Greig argues that road safety is at risk if we ignore the efficacy of targets and the lack of funding in some … Continue reading
Posted by: February 13, 2012
Tagged with: public spending, road accidents, road safety, targets, Transport Policy, uk government
Jan 27 2012
Getting Whitehall to incorporate new IT developments in public services remains an uphill struggle. The government now lags ten years behind the private sector in its use of social media and lack of feedback to users
4 CommentsTweet In a scathing indictment of ‘Rip off’ IT contracts in government the Public Administration Select Committee called for sweeping changes in government-contractor relations. Jane Tinkler finds that the Committee’s follow-up report comments insightfully on the coalition government’s response document, but … Continue reading
Posted by: January 27, 2012
Tagged with: Digital Era Governance, Government IT, public spending, social media, uk government, uk politics
Jan 4 2012
After previously making good progress, the Department for International Development now faces an uphill battle reaching our foreign aid target
Leave a commentTweet At the close of 2011, British Politics and Policy at LSE asked our contributors for their thoughts and predictions for 2012. Avery Hancock looks ahead at the challenges now facing the Department for International Development, and its Secretary of State, … Continue reading
Posted by: January 4, 2012
Tagged with: aid, aid targets, Andrew Mitchell, DfID, foreign aid, India, Labour, public spending
