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Ben Page

Ben Page

Ben Page is global chief executive officer of Ipsos

Articles by Ben Page

Soapbox by Ben Page: Pickles was a winner

By Ben Page | 19 December 2013

As 2013 draws to a close, it falls to me to look at the years’ winners and losers.

SoapBOX by Ben Page

By Ben Page | 16 October 2013

Ipsos MORI chief executive on recent public service satisfaction polls indicating a generational ...

SoapBOX by Ben Page

By Ben Page | 23 September 2013

Local government's resilience remains impressive, but this isn't national news in party conferenc...

SoapBOX by Ben Page

By Ben Page | 13 August 2013

Ipsos MORI boss dispenses free holiday advice to national and local political chiefs.

Know your stats

By Ben Page | 23 May 2013

In a world where we are besieged by more data than ever, we need to get more comfortable with num...

The continuing financial retrenchment

By Ben Page | 25 April 2013

This week sees further evidence that George Osborne's work to balance the books is harder than e...

Taking the blame for cuts in local services

By Ben Page | 27 March 2013

Local government has made a good fist of cutting budgets, but is there a tipping point? Asks Ben ...

Local government's reputation in public health

By Ben Page | 28 February 2013

NHS remains a revered British institution, local government's own reputation is rather patchy, sa...

Cheating councils

By Ben Page | 06 February 2013

Ben Page on why attacking Conservative and Labour authorities planning to raise council tax could...

'Trickle down' community budgets

By Ben Page | 28 November 2012

As local government waits to hear what spending it can or can't do, community budgets are more im...