Introduction Within the public sector, adopting a preventative approach is generally recognised as a sensible course of action – for both financial and non-financial reasons. Financially, prevention offers the opportunity to reduce costs at a time when budgets are...
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...
Introduction Police Scotland (1) is a large and ambitious service, with outstanding detection rates for high harm crimes and a proven track record of providing good service to victims and witnesses. The Challenge The service has made a number of changes and...
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...
Introduction The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) (1) has the second largest number of projects and programmes in the Government’s Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP), with 27 projects and programmes at a whole-life cost of £85.2billion. The March 2023 Delivery Confidence...
