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Week in Public Services: 11th October 2024

This week: Fiddling with fiscal rules; debating VAT on private school fees; and good initial signs from the early release programme

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Week in Public Services: 25th September 2024

This week: Darzi’s diagnosis; changes to Ofsted’s grades; and increases to magistrates’ sentencing powers.

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Conference season is in full swing, but we at the IfG have far more nerdy concerns…

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Week in Public Services: 3rd September 2024

This week: managing expectations for the budget; GCSE results return to pre-pandemic trends; and a shift in crime trends

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Week in Public Services: 12th August 2024

This week’s issue of WiPS is brought to you principally by Jonas Kitisu, who recently completed a work placement with us in the public services team. Many thanks Jonas!

This week: responding to riots, declining…

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Week in Public Services: 2nd August 2024

This week: Reeves’ audit of public finances; GPs vote for industrial action; and solutions for the crisis in prisons

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We’ve fallen a bit behind updating this blog in the last few months. Hopefully…

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Week in Public Services: 3rd May 2024

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

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

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Week in Public Services: 26th April 2024

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

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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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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…

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Week in Public Services: 3rd April 2024

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

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

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Week in Public Services
A weekly publication from team public services @instituteforgov — a non-comprehensive overview of what’s going on in public services in the UK
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