Public policy

Our public policy team, which has over 150 staff, provides evidence-based policy advice to large government and public sector clients, both in the UK and internationally. We work for UK clients across central and devolved government, transport, education, housing and healthcare, as well as for overseas governments, the EU and international financial institutions such as the World Bank. In addition, our Macroeconomics Unit provides advice to clients on the implications of major economic and social trends and policy developments.

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Potential issues

• Formulating policy and allocating resources based on robust evidence and research
• A need for independent, objective appraisal and evaluation of policy options and programmes
• A need for objective cost-benefit analysis of a set of options
• A need for an objective opinion and robust “stress testing” of policies and their underlying assumptions, supported by rigorous analysis and future scenarios
• Identifying and understanding the full financial and economic implications of investment options
• A need for a robust analysis of markets and sectors to develop a clear rationale for intervention to address market failures
• Modelling demand and setting prices/charges for public services
• Understanding the economic and social impact of policies
• Developing a sustainable policy for economic development and regeneration of a neighbourhood and/or region
• Understanding the competition and regulatory implications of policies, including their impact on contestability
• Assessing the distributional impacts of policies on different segments of the population