Knowledge & Insight

by Simon McDonald, Rebecca Royle, Julia Oliver

As the fortunes of the “Big Society” have waned, so those of localism have waxed, even as the latter has served as a vessel into which sometimes...

by Simon McDonald, Julia Oliver

Despite a lengthy history, outsourced provision of public services in the criminal justice system remains controversial, and has tended, to date, to...

by Giles Naylor, Julia Oliver, Carmel Gibbons

At a crucial moment in the Parliament, when reforms of the structures of great

swathes of the public sector – from public health through clinical...

by Julia Oliver

The political and wider public debates over the impact on charitable/voluntary organisations and social enterprises of the far-reaching cost-reduction...

by Simon McDonald, Julia Oliver

The Coalition Government has moved quickly to introduce significant reforms to economic development policy alongside a wider deficit reduction...

by Simon McDonald, Giles Naylor, Julia Oliver

Policy announcements in the major areas of public service since the conclusion of the Spending Review signal the Coalition’s broad intent: reform to...

by Julia Oliver

Public services reform is combining with policy and financial pressure in favour of complex and outcomes-focused contractual relationships between...