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'Austerity' in public services: lessons from the 2010s
Jeremy Hunt is right to delay his fiscal statement – but should not rush into a new austerity programme.
Performance Tracker 2022: Prisons
The prison workforce is insufficient to safely staff all prisons, with some prisoners still being kept locked in their cells for most of the day.
Performance Tracker 2022
Public services won’t have returned to pre-pandemic performance by the next election.
Performance Tracker 2022: Criminal courts
The backlog of cases that started during the pandemic will affects courts for years to come.
Performance Tracker 2022: Police
The nature of police work changed during the height of the pandemic, but is now returning to previous patterns – and some growing challenges.
Performance Tracker 2022: Schools
Schools are attempting to make up for the learning lost during the pandemic, but they face complex challenges.
Performance Tracker 2022: Neighbourhood services
Neighbourhood services – food safety, libraries, road maintenance, and waste collection – entered the pandemic with reduced or changed amenities.
Performance Tracker 2022: Children's social care
Despite a decrease in referrals to social services during the pandemic, the number of children remaining in care added pressure on the system.
Performance Tracker 2022: Adult social care
In 2020/21, the threat of Covid discouraged older people from coming forward for care. But demand is on the rise.
Performance Tracker 2022: Hospitals
The NHS is still struggling with the effects of the pandemic, while factors outside of Covid continue to put hospitals under intense pressure.