Events

Out of Contract

A step-by-step guide for the process of contracting in local services

Outdated fiscal rules are the real threat to Labour’s green plans

Lukasz Krebel writes for the New Statesman

Outside Europe it's normal to protect basic energy needs - so why don't we?

The majority of the world's population uses tariffs which guarantee cheap essential energy. Time for the UK to pay attention.

Outsourcing as a threat to public health

The case for insourcing public sector cleaners and facilities management

Over 10 million households will struggle to meet the cost of living next April

The rising cost of living isn't going away. So why is the chancellor's support package going to expire in the spring?

Over 700,000 jobs at risk as furlough scheme ends next week

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of redundancy, loss of hours or earnings unless the government extends the furlough scheme

Over half of people across the country, including 63% of people in the north, have seen no evidence of ‘levelling up’ in their community since the 2019 general election

Govt’s ‘levelling up’ agenda in doubt as incomes in London and the south-east rise six times faster than in red wall regions in the last two years according to new NEF analysis

Ownership in social care

Why it matters and what can be done.

Pamela Harding

Paradigm lost

A range of critical voices challenge the paradigm of globalisation espoused by the International Monetary Fund and other powerful multilateral organisations.

Parent-led childcare

Combining the skill of professional workers with the lived experience of families.

Parent-led childcare in the news

Parks are for everyone

Green space is important for wellbeing but in poorer areas visits to parks have dropped.

Participation Works

21 techniques to encourage community participation

Party manifestos have little energy for our sky-high energy bills

Bills are due to rise again this winter, but we found little on offer to fix this from the main political parties.

Pascale Frazer-Carroll

Pat Conaty

Patients not passports

Learning from the international struggle for universal healthcare