Nicholas Timmins
Senior Fellow
Nicholas's recent work
The disorderly return of PFI assets risks disruption to public services
A toxic end to PFI contracts would not encourage future – and needed – private investment in public assets.
Funding health care in England
The NHS’s recent travails have led once again to claims that the model is “broken” and that the answer is to change how health care is funded.
The NHS workforce plan is welcome – but just one part of improving the health service
The NHS workforce plan is backed by Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak – and is a huge commitment to substantial health spending increases.
All work
Getting Universal Credit to work better: a very modest start
Well below the big headlines in the budget, the government has made a start on getting Universal Credit to work better
Cancelling historical debt would improve the lives of Universal Credit claimants
Addressing the billions of pounds of historic debt in the social security system would improve lives – and help restore Universal Credit’s reputation
Universal Credit: getting it to work better
The government should cancel or delay reclaiming billions of pounds of old benefit debt that is causing real hardship to Universal Credit claimants.
Reforming working-age social security: lessons for policy makers
Why has reforming working-age social security proved so hard? What lessons can be learnt for future reform from what has worked in the past
For the NHS anniversary, the PM has given us a big glittery box full of question marks
The Government’s plan for a 3.4% increase in NHS spending is welcome as far as it goes but we need more detail.
Universal Credit: the Government still isn’t listening to bad news
The Department for Work and Pension's response to the NAO’s report rejects outright some of its key findings and seeks to assert that all is well.
‘The World’s Biggest Quango’
The creation of NHS England has failed to take the politics out of healthcare provision in England.
Major projects: why political leadership is vital
The Government is committed to a number of major, long-term, infrastructure projects