At last the conversation about arts and cultural policy is getting serious. The RSA would like to take it one step further.

In his blog today, and following Ed Balls' 'Bill somebody' gaffe, Matthew thinks the election debate has reached a new low.

I spend a lot of time talking and reading about organisations and systems; why they don’t work and how they could work better. Something has dawned on me which is both rather obvious and potentially powerful.

If we want politics to change, let’s make the first move ourselves.

Elections should be about which political party is offering the best plan for Britain. The truth is more complex and less edifying.

The world is full of ironies – perhaps the election campaign will be enlightening after all.

If we want to survive austerity, let alone improve places and lives, we must attend to the human dimensions of public service leadership. During 2014 I have attended, chaired, or spoken at, countless meetings on public servic ...

The importance of today’s OECD report showing that rising inequality slows economic growth can hardly be over-stated. It fatally undermines free market ideology. While social democrats have in the past relied upon philosophica ...

George Osborne’s autumn statement appears to be is a sophisticated package; written to maximise advantage to the Conservatives with a strong ideological undertow, but also containing a popular top line policy - on stamp duty ...