The IfG Expert Briefing: What next for public services?

The IfG team presented new analysis on the likely impact of the budget on public services performance. They also discussed the key questions facing the government ahead of the spending review, including widespread poor performance and record backlogs, tight funding settlements, industrial disputes, crumbling buildings, recruitment and retention problems, and resilience for future crises. Stuart Hoddinott, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government Philip Nye, Senior Data Scientist at the Institute for Government Cassia Rowland, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government This session was chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government. This event was part of the IfG's public services conference, kindly supported by UCL.