The Policy Innovation Blog will follow NESTA’s Policy Unit as it explores new ways of tackling key social and economic challenges.
So the bank is out of the bag. Today at the Lib Dem party conference, Vince Cable announced the establishment of a state bank to get credit flowing to businesses. But as the last five years have taught us, there are all sorts of banks: good banks, bad banks, casino banks and zombie banks. Will this new bank be the right sort of bank, and will it help business to grow?
24.09.2012Today's news saw the General Medical Council report that the number of complaints in the UK made about doctors has risen 23% in the past year. As the GMC pointed out, a rise in complaints doesn't necessarily mean declining standards of care, rather it may be due to rising expectations and an increasing willingness of the part of the public to complain.
18.09.2012What if the problem with the economy is that good businesses can’t grow and bad businesses can’t shrink?
17.09.2012The old saying ‘prevention is better than cure’ is frequently used to make the case for more preventive investment across our public services. This sounds intuitively sensible. Why let harm run its course when it could be avoided? But is preventing harm really always the right thing to do?
17.09.2012Nesta's new report sets out a plan for how innovation can deliver growth.
10.09.2012
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