Three Reasons Our Railways Don’t Work (and How To Fix Them)
How on earth could one of the world’s most advanced cities manage to disrupt its essential transport infrastructure, the lives of so … View more +
The Pipe Will Never Be Fat Enough: Four Reforms To Deliver Competitive Broadband
When the government recently pledged ‘gold standard full fibre’ broadband, a collective cheer went up. For a short while, until we reflected … View more +
How Fake Are The Analyses Of ‘Fake News’?
I keep reading these analyses by commentators and earnest academics on ‘fake news’, its fertilizer of social media, with Brexit and Trump … View more +
Sir Ivan Rogers’ exit proves, once again, that the Civil Service serves its own interests, not Britain’s
Foreign Office civil servants are an odd lot. They even have an eccentric way of speaking: understated, circumlocutory, a code to be … View more +
The Dead Generalist
This pamphlet argues that the time for fundamental reform of the civil servcie has come, and that it should be treated by … View more +
Is The Civil Service Reformable?
Finally, some Westminster politicians have concluded that real reform of the Civil Service will not be realized through party politics. A bi-partisan … View more +
The right cuts can boost services: A step-by step guide to minimising the damage that will be caused by the coming decline in public expenditure
Summary: History has much to teach us about public sector cuts. The Thatcher administration adopted largely blunt instrument cutting, which resulted in … View more +