Nicola Merrifield, reporting in Nursing Times and referring to our research, From pay squeeze to a staffing crisis, notes that staff shortages in specialist and experienced roles (including nursing) are being felt across nearly 80% of NHS trusts. … [Read more...]
Labour downs a deadly cocktail of fatalism, fury and fantasy
Our report Red Alert: Why Labour lost was quoted by Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer's chief political writer, in a piece on the future of the Labour party. … [Read more...]
As Blair warns Labour has rediscovered losing, are its 2020 election chances slipping away?
City AM questioned whether Labour's election chances in 2020 are slipping away - The Smith Institute's Head of Research Paul Hunter sets out why this isn't (yet) the case. … [Read more...]
Labour can come back from the brink. But it seems to lack the will to do so
Our post-election report Red Alert: Why Labour lost is quoted by Martin Kettle in his column for The Guardian. … [Read more...]
Jeremy Corbyn must understand Labour’s new members to change the party’s fortunes
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...]