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Ben Page

Ben Page

Ben Page is global chief executive officer of Ipsos

Articles by Ben Page

The NHS is sacrosanct – local government not so much

By Ben Page | 08 April 2021

Ben Page says the public is becoming more positive about the future and about both the NHS and Go...

The move to home working poses huge problems

By Ben Page | 22 February 2021

The trend to more working from home looks set to continue post COVID, says Ben Page. 'But it pos...

Local government does a brilliant job in elections

By Ben Page | 11 November 2020

Ben Page 'cannot ever recall a UK election 'like the one Americans are currently fighting over'. ...

Unitary 'mayhem' has failed to arrive thus far

By Ben Page | 30 September 2020

The public may care often care a lot about key local services but aren't so interested in the str...

Councils have the local support to do what they must

By Ben Page | 18 August 2020

As local government works hard to revive local economic activity and resume normality, there is s...

Who are the losers?

By Ben Page | 07 July 2020

At least in terms of public opinion, local government itself has come out of the pandemic crisis ...

After COVID-19 will local government finally get the resources it needs?

By Ben Page | 15 April 2020

Local government will seem to cope with whatever gets thrown at it - both its great strength, and...

As ever, councils do better than Whitehall when it comes to expectations of fair treatment

By Ben Page | 04 March 2020

Only a third of the British expect central Government to treat them fairly, while a half expect t...

What are local government's prospects now?

By Ben Page | 21 January 2020

Ben Page looks ahead at the prospects for local government.There is hope on social care, with a p...

Everyday Britain's silent crisis in care

By Ben Page | 20 August 2019

Ben Page says that while Britain is bothering about Brexit and more this summer, hardly anyone is...