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Dan Corry

Dan Corry

Dan Corry is CEO of NPC, a think-tank and consultancy on third sector issues. He is a former Treasury and Downing Street economic adviser

Articles by Dan Corry

Measuring the success of government policy

By Dan Corry | 26 October 2011

Making sure that funding is properly targeted and achieves its aims is not always easy to evaluat...

How to find what works in government

By Dan Corry | 29 September 2011

The search for ‘holy grail’ of what makes things work in some places but not always in another is...

Austerity woes

By Dan Corry | 31 August 2011

Cuts could put at risk the work any decent council should be about: economic prosperity at the he...

The search for financial consensus

By Dan Corry | 27 July 2011

Localising business rates could see affluent councils breaking away from their more deprived cous...

On the cutting edge

By Dan Corry | 21 June 2011

Spending reductions, not fancy ideas, are likely to drive the debate about future health reform, ...

Devolution plus

By Dan Corry | 26 May 2011

If Scotland is to be given devolved tax powers, why not give similar powers to our big city-regio...

Don't fuel the machine

By Dan Corry | 06 May 2011

Incoming governments always seem to feel the need to introduce public service reform White Papers...

Measuring up to progress

By Dan Corry | 31 March 2011

Payment by results, outcome-based contracts or social impact bonds have to be more than fads, say...