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Nicholas Timmins

Senior Fellow

Nicholas Timmins is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government and the King’s Fund. Between 1996 and 2011, he was public policy editor of the Financial Times.

Nicholas is also a visiting professor in social policy at the London School of Economics, and a senior associate of the Nuffield Trust.

27 MAR 2026 Report

The 15-year story of Universal Credit

04 JUL 2025 Comment

Labour’s 10 Year Health Plan: familiar ideas could be frustrated by familiar problems

14 MAR 2025 Comment

Keir Starmer's decision to abolish NHS England is a high-risk strategy

19 SEP 2017 Comment

The problems with Universal Credit

13 JUN 2017 Comment

Social care: who cares?

06 DEC 2016 Comment

Major projects: why political leadership is vital

The Government is committed to a number of major, long-term, infrastructure projects

06 SEP 2016 Comment

Universal Credit – a programme in recovery?

The Institute for Government has published 'Universal Credit – from disaster to recovery?' The report looks at the lessons of Universal Credit

05 SEP 2016 Report

Universal Credit: From disaster to recovery?

An in-depth examination of the ambitious government project to simplify the welfare system.

04 APR 2016 Comment

The secrets of NICE success

01 APR 2014 Comment

Happy returns for the health reforms?

A year on from the Lansley reforms.

25 MAR 2014 Comment

Will new audit change give rise to a phoenix from the flames?

The abolition of the Audit Commission.

27 FEB 2014 Report

Dying to Improve

This report provides three short studies of the fate of three different improvement agencies.

19 NOV 2013 Comment

Will the response to Francis really make things better?