Ongoing pressure for public sector efficiency Between the challenging fiscal context and the significant demands across the state (see prison spaces, NHS waiting lists or court backlogs), public services are under exceptional strain. And we saw this challenge played...
Next week will see the new Government’s first major political set piece (if you leave aside the PM’s recent International Investment Summit.) (1) When Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces the full details of the Budget, we’ll get a much clearer sense of Labour’s plan...
The national savings challenge In a recent Leapwise blog, we talked about the local pathways to delivering sustainable savings within policing. We called on forces to avoid the tempting simplicity of ‘salami slicing’ or simply applying across-the-board budget cuts to...
