Public Service Reform

This week, Francis Maude launched the Mutuals Support Programme which will help public sector staff to form independent mutuals or social enterprises. This is (long-awaited) good news but the programme Read more

The Blairite centre-left think tank Policy Network has produced a rather interesting policy paper which should be a wake-up call for the Conservative leadership. Called “In the black Labour – Read more

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has just delivered the MacTaggart lecture to the princes of the European television industry. While much of the lecture contained platitudes to British television heritage Read more

David Cameron sees himself as a great reformer. He believes that his government can achieve great things, fix ‘Broken Britain’ (whatever that may mean) and restore the damage done after Read more

David Cameron recently made a speech which focused on building strong communities and strong families as well as developing a culture of giving. These are crucially important aspects of Big Read more

Are you aware that Andy Burnham is from up North? Not from just anywhere up North but a working-class area…. up North. The kind of area where his next door Read more

People laugh at David Cameron for his focus on the Big Society. They think he’s deluded to think that we can consciously make our surroundings better by getting involved. But Read more