Insights • productivity

Council performance doesn’t matter when it comes to local election results

May 25, 2018

Jon Ainger

This article was originally published in The MJ on 24 May 2018. Much of the analysis of the May local elections was inconclusive. Most of it, inevitably, was only framed from a national political standpoint, and looked primarily at winners and losers – without…

Children’s placements: switching from lottery to logic

April 25, 2018

Alastair Thompson

  I am pleased that the debate on funding for children’s services is getting more traction at a national level, thanks in large part to the efforts of sector representatives such as the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and the Local Government…

How productive is local government?

February 13, 2018

Martin Cresswell

It was going to happen sooner or later, and in reality, given the scale of the challenge that local government has faced, it’s a surprise that it’s not been sooner. The emergency measures put in place in Northamptonshire and alarm bells being sounded elsewhere…

Top 10 most productive councils in England

December 6, 2017

Jon Ainger

We believe that better outcomes in public services should cost local authorities less. To help turn that ambition into reality we have developed the iMPOWER iNDEX, which helps local authorities understand their performance in a new way.  Traditional tools don’t work very well when…

Productivity and public services

March 23, 2016

Jenna Collins

I was waiting in my local housing office this morning and the man in front of me in the queue was irate about a housing benefit/rent issue. In particular, he was annoyed that he has had to ask his manager to come in to…