Financial Accountability and Management has published an article on place-based accountability from Laurence Ferry, Henry Midgley, Aileen Murphie and me. Likely to be very pertinent in coming months and years as metro-mayors embed in English governance onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/fa…
Are public sector accounts trusted? Exploring verdict of UK’s Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee by Laurence Ferry & Henry Midgley, who argue major reform is required to government accounts to enhance democratic scrutiny. Durham University Business School doi.org/10.1111/padm.1…
This is good: both about financial sustainability of universities but also for the defence of the humanities. I did history at university and everything I did National Audit Office and PACAC Committee was based on the teaching I got about evidence and political ideas in my degree.
Henry Midgley Duncan Robinson The old Westminster and London constituencies (the latter having 4 seats) were amongst the most prestigious and were both boroughs. Also to note that the borough/county distinction still exists.
Henry Midgley Duncan Robinson You’re still right to a degree that many of the others mentioned in this thread would be counties. ‘Knights of the Shire’ still has some appeal.
Jill Rutter Henry Midgley Completely agree. I was thinking instead of DPUP calling it Dept of Neighbourhood Renewal. Descriptive, poetic, Blair era policy pedigree. Unfortunate acronym though..
Celebrate the 48th anniversary of Wilson’s resignation with the doyen of the history of British public accounts Henry Midgley on Wilson’s stint as PAC Chair
Henry Midgley Jill Rutter I think the Inquiry is making it absolutely clear why horrendous mistakes were made. Perhaps you just don’t like being brought face to face with Johnson and his team’s incompetence and laziness.
Henry Midgley Yes the economist wrote a piece on the 'Reform Fairy' a while back to address this point!
Mark D'Arcy Baroness Nicky Morgan Henry Midgley ❓ And if you've got any questions about the #Budget process or anything else about how Parliament works send your questions to us and Ruth Fox & @DarcyTiP will try and answer them! Reply to this tweet or submit them via our #ParliamentMatters Q&A page: airtable.com/app0ruz4vOFIs5…
Featuring the incomparable and irrepressible Henry Midgley, viewed by most who have met him as the unofficial Comptroller and Auditor General
👇Ruth & Mark D'Arcy will be discussing how MPs could address the democratic deficit around tax & spend and better hold the Chancellor accountable for his #Budget decisions in the next episode of our #ParliamentMatters podcast with special guests Baroness Nicky Morgan & Henry Midgley.
Henry Midgley Chris Dillow And what about social care Henry Midgley ? c1.3m workers now ; 9% vacancy rates & 30% churn. And demographics are running ahead.
