This week has seen the introduction of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the Government’s flagship effort to tackle crime through harsher sentences, giving the police new powers and increasing restrictions on public protest. A key plank of the Government’s agenda, the Bill takes an aggressive approach to justice to “empower the police and […]
On the lighter side Somewhere in the back-catalogue of Yes Minister episodes I remember a scene where the incandescent Permanent Secretary, Sir Humphry Appleby, storms into the Minister’s office, red-faced and waving a piece of paper demanding to know what on earth is going on? I also recall the equally fictional Malcolm Tucker of The
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With budget season well underway there has been much debate across the UK as to spending plans. It’s all very important and very interesting, but it’s easy for us non-economists to get burnt out on trying to grapple with the numbers- so what else has been going on across the UK political sphere? Westminster There
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Post-implementation reviews should require consultation There are many kinds of consultations. In the field of public policy-making, we normally consult at the stage when options have been developed and where the involvement of a wider audience of stakeholders or the general public will be helpful. It has long been recognised, however, that there is
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It’s that time of year again, the Red Box has been opened, the major policy points leaked, and the internet is full of journalists and politicians sharing the anecdote about how Chancellors are permitted to drink whatever they want whilst making their budget speech to Parliament. Rishi Sunak’s second budget comes at an interesting time,
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We’ll not be looking at the big parliamentary news of the week here, for that we’ve done a separate article here. The devolved administrations were relatively quiet too this week, so just a quick newsflash from Westminster today. Westminster Perhaps the most interesting debate outside the budget this week came to us from the House
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Westminster is back in action, and this week it is the Welsh who have declined to give me anything interesting to talk about. So we’ll avoid crossing the Severn for now and look at what else has been happening. Westminster A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about the Government’s much criticised plans to remove
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Most of the time when a consultation draws our attention because of its length, it’s usually because it looks far too short. We’re talking here about the ones about an issue of great complexity with only 4 questions (such as the recent NHS reform consultation). One this week drew our attention for quite the opposite
One of the big concerns held by campaigners and concerned citizens recently has been that changes introduced ‘temporarily’ during the pandemic might be carried over after the return to normality without any consultation. This has been a particular concern when it comes to low traffic neighbourhoods and other traffic changes- which we’ve written about extensively
Changes by stealth- how much do you love your High Street? Read More »
It’s a puzzle for providers of professional training. If only we had a pound for everyone who has written that things will never be the same again! No more conferences. Few, if any meetings. Little or no business travel. Do everything online! If our children can handle home schooling, then surely grown-ups can rely upon
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