Aron Cheung
Senior Researcher
All work
The fiscal position of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Breaking away from the UK would leave Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland facing sizeable fiscal deficits.
Funding devolution
Since March 2020 an extra £19 billion has been sent from the UK Treasury to the three devolved nations to tackle Covid.
Barnett formula
The Barnett formula is used by the UK Treasury to calculate the annual block grants for the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish governments.
Devolution at 20
A comprehensive analysis of how devolution has worked in the UK.
Whitehall Monitor 2019
The impact of Brexit is being felt throughout government
Government procurement
One third of government’s spending is with contractors: last year, four departments spent more than half their budgets with external suppliers.
Major projects: ministers need to face facts
The Government is becoming less confident that its largest projects will be delivered successfully.
The percentage of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests being refused by government has reached a record level.
We now need to see a marked improvement in the Government’s FoI responses, or a convincing justification of why things have changed.
Government can use GDPR to be more proactive about data
New data protection regulations offer government an opportunity to think again about how it can use data effectively.
Worrying FoI trends continue – the Information Commissioner can help
The Information Commissioner’s Office must continue to hold the Government’s feet to the fire for poor transparency.