MiP election briefing & policy research
In the run-up to the 2015 general election, I worked with Managers in Partnership to develop the union’s policy positions and produce a comprehensive election briefing for members.
Author: Craig Ryan
The get out clause
HEALTHCARE MANAGER: Analysis piece on how some employers are using a legal loophole to get rid of NHS managers whose faces don't fit.
Book review: The French Exception, by Adam Plowright
PUBLIC SERVICE MAGAZINE: Review of Adam Plowright's account of Emmanuel Macron's extraordinary rise to the Elysée Palace.
The gift that keeps you guessing
HEALTHCARE MANAGER: Analysis piece on the UK government's 70th birthday funding settlement for the NHS.
All in the mind
PUBLIC SERVICE MAGAZINE: Feature exploring the culture changes needed to improve mental health and wellbeing in the civil service
Book review: Citizen Clem by John Bew
PUBLIC SERVICE MAGAZINE: Review of John Bew's epic and classy biography of the great post-war Labour Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
The clock’s still ticking
PUBLIC SERVICE MAGAZINE: Feature on the daunting challenges facing the UK civil service over Brexit.
Three words that won it
Ten reasons why "take back control" was probably the most devastatingly effective political slogan of modern times.
My thirty years of hurt and joy with Elvis
Long, digressive, funny and deeply moving, Elvis Costello’s stunning memoir is a sort of biography of popular music itself.
Private affluence, public squalor
Even in the most prosperous places, Britain is literally turning into a dump.