Lessons in Power: Public Services w/ Nick Pearce

Nick Pearce, now Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute of Policy Research, University of Bath, was Head of the No 10 Policy Unit 2007-10 and Special Adviser at the Dept of Education and Employment and Home Office (2001-7). He joins Michael and Mems to discuss New Labour's record on education, (including the controversial policy of academisation), investment in the NHS and social care, and housing (including the continuation of Right to Buy). How should Keir Starmer approach public service reform? They also consider the importance of taxation to fund public spending, the role of local government and combined authorities, and how the civil service will respond to the new government.

Lessons in Power is a SPERI Presents... podcast. Professor Michael Jacobs and Mems Ayinla interview ministers and advisors from the New Labour administration (1997-2010) to tease out lessons on a range of issues for Keir Starmer’s newly formed Labour government.