By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre In the weeks ahead, we’ll be providing our take on the 2013 Spending Review. We think the best place to start is with 13 facts on what a Spending Review is and what’s significant about this one. What is...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre Now is the time to rethink how government works. For governments and public sector organisations across the world, dealing with uncertainty and delivering services that are affordable, in the context of deficit-reducing budget cuts, is their new normal. But...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre The Queen’s Speech, the quaint tradition by which the government of the day sets out its annual legislative programme amid much pomp and no little ceremony, contained few surprises. Nevertheless, it was still of real interest in showing the...
Nick C Jones So, now we have seen the Government’s response to Lord Heseltine’s report. What’s more, it’s a generally positive outcome for those who have supported the thrust of the report’s recommendations, the vast majority of which have been accepted (although notably a quarter only ‘in part’). I’m pleased,...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre Growth, and how to deliver it, is dominating attention in the run-up to this year’s Budget. And with good reason as the economy struggles to take off and commentators look for the tipping point where business and consumer confidence...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre Change and complexity are a constant challenge. Disruptive events, both ‘black’ and ‘grey’ swan, seem to be happening faster than ever. And economic conditions are becoming tougher for all, even in the BRIC economies. While more developed regions such...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre As temperatures drop, all eyes have today turned to the bleak outlook for our public finances, with austerity measures set to continue for some years yet. However, on the growth agenda, one of the bright spots from the Chancellor’s...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre and John Hawksworth, PwC's Chief Economist Britain’s long and winding road out of recession is understandably causing policymakers and commentators to focus attention on quarterly GDP figures as the key indicator of the country’s economic health. However, our research...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre The public borrowing figures released last Friday by the Office of National Statistics continued the run of favourable data that we’ve seen in recent weeks - from lower inflation, to higher employment and rising retail sales. In the words...
By Nick Jones, Global Director of PwC’s Public Sector Research Centre Last week the International Monetary Fund called upon the UK Government to do more to support private sector investment as part of its ‘balanced budget fiscal expansion’ remedy. At the same time, the Confederation of British Industry has criticised...
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