This week: Lansley 2.0?; yet more benefits from Sure Start; and some rare good news in prisons
General
Westminster has been rocked by a honey trap scandal, with a range of MPs, staffers, and journalists…
This week: Spring budget breakdown; prisons and police problems; council cuts
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: the public services naughty or nice list; Streeting’s Singapore fling…
This week: belated autumn statement analysis; crumbling new schools; Nottingham…
This week: Launch of Performance Tracker 2023; prisons at capacity; and local…
This week: slimmed down cancer targets; police no longer answering mental health…
This week: exam results; industrial action in the law profession; and developments in the police uplift.
Welcome back to the promised Week in Public Services Part 2: The Reign of Truss. You’ve had part one. You’re itching to get…
This week: test,-trace-and-not-isolate?; reviews of police responses to rape and domestic violence; and a new health secretary
Health and care
This week: how to use targets; the most expensive breakfast in history; and Schrodinger’s social care reform
Using targets to improve public services is, unsurprisingly, controversial. Targets can focus…