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Stuart Hoddinott in Week in Public Services

Apr 12

Week in Public Services: 12th April 2024

This week: Lansley 2.0?; yet more benefits from Sure Start; and some rare good news in prisons

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Westminster has been rocked by a honey trap scandal, with a range of MPs, staffers, and journalists…

Stuart Hoddinott in Week in Public Services

Apr 3

Week in Public Services: 3rd April 2024

This week: public sector pay trends; AI myth-busting; and a reality check for Welsh education policy

General

Things seem quiet in Westminster, maybe too quiet, as we emerge blinking from a four-day weekend…

Darwin Kim in Week in Public Services

Jan 18

Week in Public Services: 18th January 2024

This week: what to expect in 2024; good news on the elective waiting list; and Ofsted…

Stuart Hoddinott in Week in Public Services

Feb 23

Week in Public Services: 23rd February 2024

This week: fiscal fantasies; GP contract quarrelling; and brutal cuts in Birmingham

General

I had to check my calendar a few times to make sure this one is true, but it seems that we have another fiscal…

Stuart Hoddinott in Week in Public Services

Apr 26

Week in Public Services: 26th April 2024

This week: more cuts for unprotected services; NHS waiting list ambitions; and dodgy…

Stuart Hoddinott in Week in Public Services

May 3

Week in Public Services: 3rd May 2024

This week: spending review timings; rethinking GP access; and local election watch

General

You can’t move these days without someone speculating when the general election’s going to be. But you hear less…

Darwin Kim in Week in Public Services

Mar 22

Week in Public Services: 22nd March 2024

This week: Spring budget breakdown; prisons and police problems; council cuts

General

Fiscal fiction? Fictitious future? Politicians’ pretence over public spending? If you still haven’t had enough of the…

Cassia Rowland in Week in Public Services

Apr 22

A timeline chart from the Institute for Government showing the proportion of people seen in A&E within four hours, by A&E type, where the average of all A&Es has fallen from around 95% in 2011 to around 75% in 2024.

Week in Public Services: 22nd April 2024

This week: NHS budgets, ‘looked after’ children being housed…

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