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Jessica Studdert

Jessica Studdert

Articles by Jessica Studdert

Giving communities more control and influence

By Jessica Studdert | 16 May 2023

Jessica Studdert looks at what could lie ahead for the community power movement, and says the cha...

Accountability is not a one-way street

By Jessica Studdert | 04 April 2023

Even if Oflog starts life with a light touch, 'there’s little to guard against mission creep seve...

There is real opportunity for big reforms

By Jessica Studdert | 21 February 2023

Jessica Studdert says it can be hard to be optimistic about the national Government machine's abi...

Public service reform is back on the table

By Jessica Studdert | 09 January 2023

Jessica Studdert says public sector reform is back on the agenda and could make room for a more n...

Autumn Statement: The pain has just been deferred

By Jessica Studdert | 18 November 2022

If the Government’s priority was stability, the Autumn Statement failed to deliver, says Jessica ...

Is our governance fit for purpose?

By Jessica Studdert | 09 November 2022

The 2020s have been rocky so far, but Jessica Studdert argues we must not allow our institutions ...

We are entering unchartered territory

By Jessica Studdert | 23 September 2022

A smaller state is part of the Truss Government's plan, says Jessica Studdert. 'But as we know fr...

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 ...