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Performance Tracker 2026: Cross-service analysis
Despite progress in some areas, Starmer's reform agenda did not live up to expectations and leaves Burnham with difficult choices.
Performance Tracker 2026: Criminal courts
Despite progress on the legal workforce, criminal courts are still failing to meet demand, with magistrates’ courts facing rapidly growing delays.
Performance Tracker 2026: Prisons and probation
Recent policy changes have put prisons back at risk of running out of spaces, while probation is struggling to manage offenders in the community.
Performance Tracker 2026: Policing and crime
More neighbourhood officers and falling serious crime paint a more positive picture for policing than in recent years.
Performance Tracker 2026: Criminal justice system
The Starmer government made fragile progress on criminal justice, but sustaining this requires further action and difficult political choices.
Performance Tracker 2026: Schools
The government must better measure success across its school priorities and set out a clear long-term vision for the structure of the school system.
Public Services Performance Tracker 2026
The most comprehensive stocktake of the Labour government’s progress on public services since the 2024 general election.
How does the public understand government?
Assessing the ‘perception gap’ between experience and trust among voters in England.
Designing better incapacity benefits
Personalising benefits and support is key to helping disabled people into work.
Learning from the DevoLab #5: How mayors and local leaders can create a shared vision for growth
Three case studies of how mayors and local leaders have created a shared vision for regional growth.