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? Continue reading “Expenses-Gate: the ludicrous paradox of focussing on ‘state’ failure when it is markets that have really failed us.”
Month: 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 in 1998. Continue reading “The Death of Strategy in British Government”
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