Tom Sasse
Former Associate Director
Tom's recent work
Proposing change: How same-sex marriage became a government success story
Passing legislation to introduce same-sex marriage marked an important step in addressing the UK’s past legal discrimination against same-sex couples.
The development of the UK’s offshore wind sector 2010–16
What can this and future governments learn from the UK's successes in offshore wind policy in the 2010s?
Tackling obesity
Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.
All work
The government should publish its evidence for rejecting a second coronavirus lockdown
If the government disagrees with introducing a short "circuit breaker" lockdown, it should explain why
Net zero: how government can meet its climate change target
Stronger leadership and co-ordination from the prime minister is needed if the UK’s commitment to reach net zero by 2050 is to be credible.
Outsourcing and privatisation
What is the difference between privatisation and outsourcing?
The prime minister’s speech fell short of signalling a post-coronavirus “green recovery”
Boris Johnson has promised to “build back greener”, but his speech offered little detail
The government needs to get itself in shape for net zero
Getting the governance right to put the UK on track for net zero will be crucial
Government outsourcing: when and how to bring public services back into government hands
Bringing back services from the private sector to government hands can improve quality, increase reliability, and save money.
Five questions the government should answer on coronavirus contracts
The public will lose trust in the government if it is kept in the dark about contracts which are vital to the lifting of the lockdown.
NHS procurement
The NHS buys a large amount of goods and services to enable it to run from day to day. This is called procurement.
Coronavirus means the UK (and UN) should delay COP26
Moving the UN climate conference back to spring or summer 2021 offers the only serious hope of the talks’ success
Carillion: two years on
The Johnson government risks another Carillion if it doesn’t get behind the reforms put forward after the firm’s liquidation.