Spending eleven years on from austerityAs today’s vote on aid cuts and fiscal rules show, there will be a debate from now until the spending review is published about government…Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021
Understanding Conservative GovernmentsConservative governments have been the norm for the last hundred years — for every year with a Labour PM, there has been two with a…Mar 10, 2021Mar 10, 2021
Charities inward turn —a nd the political and public gap it leavesThe charity sector has for the last ten years become less influential in government and less relevant to much of the public, against a…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
What the nineteenth century can tell us about providing public benefit and beauty without the…The following is a slightly adapted version of an essay in a Policy Exchange collection from 2019 which I contributed to when at the…Aug 8, 2020Aug 8, 2020
Lib Dem natural environment policy — call for evidenceFor the last few months I’ve been chairing the Lib Dems policy working group on the natural environment. It’s had a slightly delayed start…May 4, 2020May 4, 2020
It’s the end of the world as we know it — and I don’t feel fineThree months in from the first confirmed cases of covid-19 in the UK, thinking in civil society is moving onfrom simply responding to the…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Three things about charity reputationsFor the past few months, charities have been in the spotlight/firing line. From Kids Company to Age UK deals to dodgy fundraising, topped…Feb 28, 2016Feb 28, 2016
