This week: Spring budget breakdown; prisons and police problems; council cuts
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Fiscal fiction? Fictitious future? Politicians’ pretence over public spending? If you still haven’t had enough of the…
This week: what to expect in 2024; good news on the elective waiting list; and Ofsted…
This week: belated autumn statement analysis; crumbling new schools; Nottingham…
This week: the (high?) cost of care; Ofsted in trouble again; and the state of health in…
This week: New year, new NHS guidance; maths to the age of 18; council taxes; and a shiny new IfG website
Near Year, new launch(es). After a Christmas break which saw public services commentary…
This week: Integrated care analysis; lack of prison spaces; and questionable local authority lending
Welcome back to another Week in Public Services, one of the last editions before what’s turning…
This week: Moonshot and marshal law, NHS performance stats & criminal justice pressures
Moonshot: the kindest description of the government’s latest COVID testing ambitions. The prime…
This week: testing woes; supporting vulnerable children; and local government finances (again)
Starting off on a cheery note, the world should think better about catastrophe and existential risks…
This week: what did and didn’t happen in February; more coronavirus money for councils; and what we can learn going forward