The curious case of the crime commissioner candidate

Mervyn Barrett is an independent candidate to be Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner (the election is on 15 November 2012). Highly regarded for his background in crime prevention, commentators wondered where he was getting the money to run such a high-profile and expensive campaign. On Saturday (20th October), his entire campaign team resigned ahead of […]
Roma Hooper of Make Justice Work sees commissioning as the key issue for payment by results

In this latest in a series of short video interviews on payment by results, Roma Hooper, founder of Make Justice Work, gives her views on PbR in the criminal justice sector. Roma argues that setting a level playing field for large and small organisations and making sure that commissioning does not squeeze out innovation are the […]