British politics is currently consumed by a single question – how much did various Members of Parliament spend on bath-plugs and various other expenses items?
Archives for May 2009
Policy Hub (UK)
For those of you who have not seen it, the UK National School of Government’s ‘Policy Hub‘ is a useful resource.
Public Finance roundtable on ‘performance’
Participated in a useful roundtable discussion on performance reporting and management, organised by Public Finance magazine – for a full report see Public Finance
The Death of Strategy in British Government
A flagship policy of the New Labour government was that it would introduce greater stability – no more ‘boom and bust’ as Gordon Brown loudly and frequently boasted. A key component of this approach was more a ‘strategic’ approach to public spending – embedded in the new 3-year ‘Comprehensive Spending Review’ (CSR) process first announced […]