By David Fellows In this open letter the author proposes an election agenda dominated by levelling-up, NHS and Zero-Carbon met from a programme of public spending reductions. He sees a need for this to be explained by an honest evaluation…
Talking about the future
by David Fellows This commentary suggests that the UK Government’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, should use this pre-election year to pursue a much-needed process of public engagement embracing honest analysis, realistic objectives and meaningful initial progress focused resolutely on…
A general election campaign shortlist
By David Fellows Achieving the PM’s five priorities for 2023 will not win the general election although, having committed to them, failure to deliver will surely finish him. Raising the corporation tax in the next budget would also be destructive.…
Levelling-up White Paper commentary: Time to deliver
By David Fellows The WP sets out a decade long programme of UK public service development for the whole of the UK. It is presented under four headings: Empowering Local Leaders and Communities (extending combined authorities and mayoral capacity to…