Articles by Jessica Studdert
We need to resist the creep of pork barrel politics
By Jessica Studdert | 16 August 2022
The 'creep of increasingly overt pork barrel politics into our winner-takes-all electoral system ...
A healthy dose of community engagement
By Jessica Studdert | 05 July 2022
The NHS has a lot to learn from local government about community engagement, says Jessica Studdert
So, what happens when the political calculations around levelling up change?
By Jessica Studdert | 25 May 2022
Recent events threaten to disrupt the flagship levelling up agenda we were told would be nothing ...
The cost of living crisis needs a strong locally-led response
By Jessica Studdert | 12 April 2022
We need to use more collective imagination to build a more adaptive and empowered local state th...
Communities need real power and influence over how their health is approached
By Jessica Studdert | 02 March 2022
The question of governance structures has dominated the new healthcare landscape, says Jessica St...
Devo should not be about what Whitehall is prepared to cede
By Jessica Studdert | 22 February 2022
After nearly a decade of devolution, the Levelling Up White Paper has finally created a blueprint...
There's a whiff of purpose once more on devolution
By Jessica Studdert | 17 January 2022
Devolution should rock the status quo and create a new culture of governance which pushes everyon...
Ring-fenced funds are not well suited to the roaring demand challenges of the twenties
By Jessica Studdert | 16 November 2021
By doing away with ring-fences all together, local partners would be freed up to collaborate and ...
Councils must recognise the threat to locally delivered social care
By Jessica Studdert | 05 October 2021
The local government sector, and the bodies which represent it, need to switch from a stance that...
Let's fix our connectivity dysfunction
By Jessica Studdert | 30 September 2020
The Government is used to operating in broadcast mode rather than engaging in ongoing dialogue wi...
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