Matthew d’Ancona is correct to say in The promise and the threat (TNE #396) that Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves’ fiscal rules will “as things stand” see…
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
System renewal. Challenging established notions. Reimagining our societies.
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There is a lovely little verse by Dorothy Parker to which I resort when feeling gently resigned and needing a reminder that solace is possible….
It has now been ten years since I finished my work as an independent reviewer for the UK government. I had never done such a…
In the heyday of Gordon Brown’s chancellorship, I went to a conference about the future of ‘extended schools’. The first speaker was an amazing headteacher,…
The Covid-19 pandemic has made the immediate need for public services and policy more visible and urgent. It has been a universal experience, shared by…
Has the political culture forgotten how to make things happen? Maybe it matters not at all who wins elections. Why not? Because our political culture…
Let me start with a story, which has to be a little obscure to protect the innocent. The government has a Voluntary Repatriation Scheme for…
As I usually do this time of year, I have been leading seminars with some of the annual crop of Darzi fellows, the cadre of…