Beyond Big Contracts: Commissioning public services for better outcomes
This report is the output of a joint project between Collaborate and the Institute for Government, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
This report is the output of a joint project between Collaborate and the Institute for Government, supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Bold claims about payment by results mechanisms all depend on capacity for provision entering into new, uncertain, markets.
Testing new commissioning models offers many benefits: implementation can be investigated, contracts perfected, and mistakes minimised. Yet there is a
This report explores government’s design and oversight of public service markets in employment services (the Work Programme), secondary education, car
Almost a third of UK regulators have not been scrutinised by parliament since the 2019 general election.