Articles by Andrew Laird
Can we refocus on public service reform now?
By Andrew Laird | 05 September 2023
Part of the challenge for governments in tackling poverty is to enable everyone to work together ...
The 'people's choice' for health and care leadership
By Andrew Laird | 11 May 2022
Andrew Laird says local authorities are the driving force for the levelling up agenda through co-...
How can the NHS work with councils on levelling up?
By Andrew Laird | 15 October 2021
Andrew Laird says the levelling up jigsaw is missing one major piece – the NHS – and he points to...
Levelling Up through Community Ownership
By Andrew Laird | 05 March 2021
Andrew Laird welcomes the plan to create a £150m Community Ownership Fund and says the agenda sho...
COVID has highlighted the importance of community 'bridges'
By Andrew Laird | 17 November 2020
Andrew Laird and Chris Wright put the case for working through ‘community bridge’ organisations t...
In defence of algorithms and their value to public services
By Andrew Laird | 04 September 2020
Rather than turning our back on algorithms, the task is to make them better and the data they use...
COVID-19 - Community ownership should play a key role in local recovery
By Andrew Laird | 11 May 2020
As we look to emerge from this crisis, supporting communities to take over ownership of local ass...
Only devolution can protect public services from years of Brexit chaos
By Andrew Laird | 15 July 2019
Andrew Laird argues that only a renewed and rapid drive to devolve power to cities and local area...
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