public sector Articles

The Co-operative party’s centenary is an opportunity to express a mutual alternative to Britain’s perennial work and social care problems, writes Claire McCarthy When any organisation marks a significant milestone, like a centenary, the temptation is to spend a lot of...

Far from being overpaid, public sector employees are showing their commitment to their cause, voluntarily, to a level which borders on exploitation, writes Tom Levitt When Sally Plummer stayed on after the end of her shift to aid a patient suffering a cardiac arrest...

Watching the media leap on the failing carcass of G4S’s contract to provide security to the Olympics will probably, for many, have felt like watching the brilliant BBC comedy Twenty Twelve expecting at any moment to see Hugh Bonneville appear and say in an understated...

The Tories are radically altering the public service landscape. Labour will need to rethink its approach to how it delivers better public services in this new world. Since entering office less than two years ago, the Conservatives have initiated significant reforms of...