Anne Perkins, writing in The Guardian quotes our post-election report Red Alert: why Labour lost, by Head of Research Paul Hunter. … [Read more...]
Why Labour lost the election – and what it needs to do next
The Guardian's Andrew Sparrow discusses Red Alert, the Smith Institute's post-election analysis of Labour's defeat, written by Head of Research, Paul Hunter. … [Read more...]
Government cuts may push housing and healthcare services further apart
The Guardian carried an article by the Smith Institute's Director, Paul Hackett, arguing that an increasingly strained relationship with government has left social housing landlords considering withdrawing from work with other public services. … [Read more...]
Comment le Royaume-Uni veut reinventer l’Etat
Paul Hackett is quoted in an article in French daily Le Monde in an article on the potential changes to be brought in as George Osborne contemplates his first wholly Conservative budget. … [Read more...]
LEPs central to devolution deals, says Clark
Public Finance discusses the Smith Institute report Delivering Growth: where next for LEPs? … [Read more...]
LEP leaders say skills gaps are holding back the economy
The Manchester Evening News head of business, Adam Jupp, covers our report Delivering growth: where next for LEPs? … [Read more...]
Osborne ‘making up devolutions deals as he goes along’
Heather Spurr writing in Inside Housing reports on Paul Hackett's criticism of the 'asymmetry of the government's devolution strategy at the Chartered Institute of Housing's annual conference in Manchester. … [Read more...]
Associations ‘showing greater reluctance’ to house vulnerable
Inside Housing carries an article on the back of our report Working together - thinking alike which discussed the relationship between local authorities and housing associations … [Read more...]
How representative are our MPs now? More are women, more are from ethnic minorities… but middle class white men still dominate
Daniel Boffey, writing in The Observer, covered our short report Who governs Britain? put together immediately after the general election … [Read more...]