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Rick Muir Articles

The care crisis

Labour must be bold in confronting the challenge of social care, argues Rick Muir England’s system of personal care for older and disabled people has been undergoing a quiet crisis for years. Despite multiple reviews and commissions, the system remains underfunded,...

The missing middle

The government’s laissez-faire experiment with our schools is depriving local people of a voice. Schools commissioners could provide the answer, writes Rick Muir The rapid expansion of free schools and academies has left a gap at the heart of the English school...

Putting the politics into policing

With elections less than a year away, Labour needs to take elected police commissioners seriously

The axe factor

Can there be real public involvement in deciding where the cuts will fall? Rick Muir looks at the chancellor’s claims of bringing voters into making spending decisions and how he might go about it

The missing middle

The missing middle

Apr 10, 2012 | Section: Progress Magazine

The government’s laissez-faire experiment with our schools is depriving local people of a voice. Schools commissioners...

Putting the politics into policing

Jul 6, 2011 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

The government has made clear that, despite its recent defeat in the House of Lords, it will introduce elected police...

The axe factor

Jul 8, 2010 | Articles, Section: Progress Magazine

‘We're all in this together,' proclaimed George Osborne during the election campaign. The government is...

The axe factor

Jun 14, 2010 | Articles, Section: Web exclusive

‘We're all in this together' proclaimed George Osborne during the election campaign. The government is evidently...

Capable communities

Mar 4, 2010 | Articles, Section: Web exclusive

Politicians from all sides are talking about getting the public more involved in the design and delivery of public...

Arrested development

Dec 2, 2009 | Articles, Section: Article

The police are almost unique in having avoided major public service reform under governments of both main parties. The...

Responsiveness gap

Jun 20, 2008 | Articles, Section: Article

Police accountability is now on the agenda of both of the main political parties: the Tories are promising to bring in...

Pass the buck

May 1, 2007 | Articles, Section: Article

The Costs of Democracy: Party Funding in Modern British PoliticsKeith EwingHart Publishing, 279pp, 30.00In this timely...