How can political accountability be improved in English devolution? Jack Newman, Sam Warner, Michael Kenny and Andy Westwood offer four recommendations in their new working paper.

The long-standing model of centralised Treasury control over public spending has inadequately adapted to the realities of public service delivery.

The 2025 UK Budget had a glaring absence of any long-term economic strategy for growth and investment.

by Sam Warner, David Richards, Diane Coyle and Martin J. Smith In our recent article published in Policy & Politics, we examine how centralised financial control and short-term political pressu…

Abstract Since coming to power in July 2024, the Starmer government’s approach to reform has rhetorically focussed on the centralised, short-term, and fragmented nature of British policymaking and th...

Written evidence submission publications for Industrial Strategy.

A devolution white paper will restructure councils and hand significant planning powers to mayors.

A paradox of the New Public Management reform – an influential school of thought in the management of public services in some countries – is that, despite its rhetoric of discretion for public…

In this article, the key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration in Britain during its initial period in power are examined. The Starmer government is seeking to use the state pragm...