Rachel Reeves has announced a £3.25bn transformation fund to supposedly bring down the costs of government. This is likely to be as ineffective as the Office for Value for Money and just more waste, says David Craig.
Ed Miliband's GB Energy 'green' start-up will pay its Chief Executive up to £525,000 a year – more than three times the Prime Minister’s salary. And he only has to go into the office three days a week.
Since 1939 the number of admirals in the Royal Navy has shot up more than four-fold relative to the number of sailors. What do these highly-paid senior officers do all day, asks David Craig. It's more public sector waste.
President Donald Trump will fire about 9,400 workers from USAID, deeming only 611 as essential employees, as he pledges to "close down" the entire Government agency.
Can the death spiral of the United Kingdom be reversed? If it can then Jon Moynihan is the man with the plan, says Prof James Alexander as he reviews Volume II of Return to Growth: How to Fix the UK Economy.
Why was Keir Starmer's recent speech on AI written like a Mr Men book? Prof James Alexander wonders if the Prime Minister knows what he's talking about. Is AI really "the ultimate force for national renewal"?
The grooming gangs scandal has horrors all of its own. But it's also the tip of the iceberg when it comes to public sector failure, where managerial bureaucracy has killed compassion and common sense, says Dr Rowena Slope.
Thousands of council staff have been allowed to work from the beach in locations such as Barbados, South Africa and Thailand since the pandemic despite six authorities declaring bankruptcy in that time.
Working from home has made a comeback in the Civil Service since Keir Starmer's Labour came to power, with attendance at 13 Government departments falling while the private sector goes in the opposite direction.
With Net Zero, with Covid vaccines and in countless other instances the instinct of politicians and bureaucrats is always to double-down and cover-up when a radical course correction is needed, says David Craig.
