Tag: Public service reform

Commissioning is the primary gateway between policymakers setting priorities and the organisations delivering them, translating policy ambition and public resources into practice on the ground. Yet too often commissioning is […]

6th October, 2026

Commissioning • Public service reform • Public Services • Test Learn and Grow • TLG

In this guest blog, Ian Adams, Chair of Public Voice CIC, argues that public services need to move beyond consultation towards co-production, treating residents as partners in designing services, shaping […]

3rd August, 2026

Community Power • Devolution and reorganisation • Public service reform • Public Services

This article was first published in The New Statesman on 20 July 2026. The best-known achievements of Burnham’s Manchester are economic. Its most enduring legacy may end up being institutional. […]

28th July, 2026

Central government • Community Power • Devolution • Public service reform