Maria Laura La Corte
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Research Assistant on the Public Services team
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
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Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
16 days ago
Have you ever read the Public Services Performance Tracker published by
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
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Performance Tracker Survey 2025/2026
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In this weekās Week in Public Services, I look at resident doctor strikes, the new child poverty strategy, extra funding for domestic abuse support and what jury trial reforms would really do to court backlogs. Some key takeaways below
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Week in Public Services: 19th December 2025
This week: Resident doctor strikes, the new child poverty strategy, extra funding for domestic abuse support and analysis showing juryā¦
https://medium.com/week-in-public-services/week-in-public-services-19th-december-2025-7c2d729e299c
16 days ago
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Maria Laura La Corte
Cassia Rowland
17 days ago
NEW: judge-alone trials would save just 2% of time in the Crown Court. In total, we estimate reforms to jury trials would save <10% of court time. Great write-up from
@reporterrwright.ft.com
here
www.ft.com/content/8a9f...
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Scrapping juries would save less than 10% of court time, according to research
Reforms aim to ease backlog of nearly 80,000 cases waiting to be heard in England and Wales
https://www.ft.com/content/8a9fd011-8bb6-436f-a5b4-719163505e81
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Maria Laura La Corte
Daniel Howes
19 days ago
1/ The latest ONS data on public sector employment shows that the civil service has grown (again). After 2 consecutive quarters of plateauing growth, the CS grew in Q3 by 3490 (0.6%) to 520440 FTE. This is the highest quarterly increase since Labour came to power.
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Maria Laura La Corte
Megan Isaac
19 days ago
1/ Earlier this month, the government indicated that it would postpone the inaugural May 2026 mayoral elections in four areas on the Devolution Priority Programme (DPP). But what is the DPP? Why are these places getting mayors? And why are they undergoing local government reorganisation? š§µ
add a skeleton here at some point
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Maria Laura La Corte
Megan Bryer
20 days ago
Last week at
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
, we published a new set of Ministers Reflect interviews with Sajid Javid, Simon Hart and Theresa Villiers. My comment piece below explores the key lessons Starmer's govt can take from these reflections.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/less...
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Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
23 days ago
Given the govt's comittment to a) shift care from treatment to prevention and b) shift spending away from hospitals, its hard to justify the decision to keep spending on public health flat for the next three years when the NHS will see real terms spending growth
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Prevention shift āleft behindā as budgets are held flat
Public health allocations are due to be held flat in real terms for three years, despite the government's intended "shift from treatment to prevention".
https://www.hsj.co.uk/finance-and-efficiency/prevention-shift-left-behind-as-budgets-are-held-flat/7040560.article?mkt_tok=NTI1LVNIQS0zNTUAAAGesIxB77fLn08dP8NVT0hRA3bKHmDaXU1KxhvT1406H6zP8M6gvXRPrHYZutff_twr3FVP8OgE2YqHEpP-g3Mx6VyvZk8KwvjNFNUsIge3
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The
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
ās Week in Public Services blog is back! This week I looked at the Budgetās place-based budget pilots, jury trial restrictions, and Ofstedās concerns on childrenās social care. Some thoughts below.
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Week in Public Services: 5th December 2025
This week: jury trial restrictions, place-based budgeting pilots, and warnings from Ofsted on the childrenās social care market.
https://medium.com/week-in-public-services/week-in-public-services-5th-december-2025-406feac84b81
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Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
about 1 month ago
NEW REPORT: abolishing NHS England could help simplify accountability, improve prioritisation and create savings. But the change could also lead to increases in policy incoherence and blame culture, as well as the loss of skills, capacity and focus on areas outside the day-to-day NHS.
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Abolished to perfection? Building a better centre for the NHS | Institute for Government
The abolition of NHS England creates both risks and opportunities.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/building-better-centre-nhs
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Maria Laura La Corte
Cassia Rowland
about 1 month ago
My latest on the gov's proposal to all-but abolish jury trials: a radical move that would leave us out-of-step with most democracies and increase the risk of miscarriages of justice. š§µ
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/david-lammy-...
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David Lammyās proposals for judge-only trials would make England and Wales an outlier | Institute for Government
Most countries donāt use jury trials, but few rely on a single judge to pass both verdict and sentence
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/david-lammy-proposals-judge-only-trials
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Maria Laura La Corte
Shaina Sangha
about 1 month ago
As the covid inquiry gears up for Module 9 on economic policy,
@gemmatetlow.bsky.social
and I have a new @ukri.org-funded
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
report out on Epi-econ modelling for pandemics. We set out why govt needs to invest now 1/š§µ
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Combined epidemiological and economic modelling | Institute for Government
The pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/epidemiological-economic-modelling-future-pandemics
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reposted by
Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
about 2 months ago
NEW: Labour inherited public services in crisis. Performance had fallen, investment had been cut + spending plans were undeliverable. It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt š§µ
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The NHS section of Performance Tracker 2025 by
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
is live on the
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
's website, with new analysis on general practice and hospital performance in England.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Performance Tracker 2025: NHS | Institute for Government
NHS performance is improving, but a complex and haphazardly planned reform package might slow progress.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2025/nhs/overview
about 2 months ago
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Maria Laura La Corte
Institute for Government
about 2 months ago
In two weeks' time, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget as chancellor. Join us online on 26 November for our instant reaction to the chancellor's plan for the economy - with
@danhaile.bsky.social
@jillongovt.bsky.social
@gilesyb.bsky.social
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/autumn...
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Maria Laura La Corte
Cassia Rowland
about 2 months ago
Canāt quite believe Iām saying this but: more funding *for these services* isnāt how Iād fix criminal justice! Probation & courts 100% need more money, but big increases are already planned. Iād focus on drivers: housing, substance misuse, lack of opportunities, behavioural/speech & language issues
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Maria Laura La Corte
Amber Dellar
about 2 months ago
NEW REPORT Labour is struggling to meet its education priorities. It has big ambitions to improve schools, but a budget that falls short of matching them. And with no clear plans to reform the SEND system or tackle workforce shortages, children are being left without the support they need.
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Performance Tracker 2025: Schools | Institute for Government
It will be extremely difficult for the government to meet its education priorities within the budget it has set for the coming parliament.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2025/schools
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reposted by
Maria Laura La Corte
Cassia Rowland
2 months ago
New comment from me on the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu: this error reflects much broader problems within prisons and across the criminal justice system
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pris...
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The mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu is a symptom of a failing system | Institute for Government
The problems in criminal justice run far deeper than one high-profile error.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/prison-release-error-symptom-criminal-justice-system
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Really pleased to have contributed to the new criminal justice section of Performance Tracker 2025, now live on the
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
ās website. It brings together new analysis on police, criminal courts and prisons. Some thoughts below.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Performance Tracker 2025: Criminal justice system | Institute for Government
The government must act to avoid the justice system returning to the crisis point seen when Labour entered office, or worse.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/performance-tracker-2025/criminal-justice/overview
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reposted by
Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
2 months ago
Labour inherited public services in crisis. How successfully have they addressed these problems since the election? Join
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
,
@cassiarowland.bsky.social
,
@amberdellar.bsky.social
&
@stephenkb.bsky.social
on 19/11 to find out
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/labour...
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Kicking off this yearās Performance Tracker 2025, Part 1 from the
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
looks at how local government, social care and homelessness services are performing. Great job
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
&
@amberdellar.bsky.social
!
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reposted by
Maria Laura La Corte
Nick Davies
3 months ago
NEW:
@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
have published pt1 of Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 covering local government finances and overall performance, adult social care, children's social care and homelessness Incredible work by
@stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
&
@amberdellar.bsky.social
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Public Services Performance Tracker 2025 | Institute for Government
Labourās public service plans are less than the sum of their parts.
https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/public-services-performance-tracker-2025
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