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Ben Lucas discusses the future of social housing with Tim Leunig & Jeff Masters
As part of our seminar series, Dr Timothy Leunig, Reader in Economic History at the LSE and Jeff Masters, Secretary to the Commission on 2020 Public Services discussed the future of social housing in the UK. They recorded this brief video discussing the seminar with 2020 PST Director Ben Lucas.
2020 PST Video Newsletter March 2010
Welcome to the 2020 PST video newsletter keeping you up to date on all the developments of the Trust and our Commission on 2020 Public Services. I have recorded this brief video for you, please watch and share it.
Rob Berkeley talks about diversity & public services
Director of the Runnymede Trust and 2020 Commissioner Rob Berekeley talks about the importance of considering our diverse society when drafting a new public service settlement.
Ben Lucas discusses the future challenges facing infrastructure with Tim Stone & Bridget Rosewell
As part of our seminar series, Tim Stone, Chairman of Global Infrastructure Projects & Corporate Finance at KPMG and Bridget Rosewell, Chair of Volterra Consulting & a 2020 Commissioner discussed the future challenges facing infrastructure in the UK. They recorded a brief video discussing the seminar with 2020 PST Director Ben Lucas.
2020 PST Video Newsletter February 2010
Welcome to the 2020 PST video newsletter keeping you up to date on all the developments of the Trust and our Commission on 2020 Public Services. I have recorded this brief video for you, please watch and share it.
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Top of the Pops
There’s an interesting public policy question in the NY Times this morning. An editorial details a dilemma in Albany, New York State over the application of a ‘soda tax’ – a ‘penny-per-ounce’ tax on sugary drinks. Here are the arguments: The tax would give a recession-hit city a new way of raising revenue without recourse to ... more »
Loony bins?
This morning’s outcry about the increase in the number of councils installing microchips in people’s bins is a heap of rubbish (pun absolutely intended). Privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch denounced the growing numbers of these microchips, now installed in 2.6 million bins across 68 local authorities. But why? BBW’s argument makes no sense. First of ... more »
Deep Impact
Todays figures on NHS primary healthcare trust overspends are a sharp corrective to the idea that cuts to public spending will hit the back room only. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne is apparently impressing upon department heads the need to find big savings, but the scale of overspend in some trusts (Enfield being ... more »
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