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Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum (2016)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., & Eckersley, P. (2017). Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum. Public Money & Management, 37(1), 2-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2016.1249218

The sociologist Nikolas Rose (1999 Rose, N. (1999), Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought (Cambridge University Press). [CrossRef] ) in his influential book Powers of Freedom—Reframing Political Thought suggests that today we demand to be go... Read More about Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum.

Institutional entrepreneurship, practice memory, and cultural memory: Choice and creativity in the pursuit of endogenous change of local authority budgeting (2016)
Journal Article
Ahrens, T., & Ferry, L. (2018). Institutional entrepreneurship, practice memory, and cultural memory: Choice and creativity in the pursuit of endogenous change of local authority budgeting. Management Accounting Research, 38, 12-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mar.2016.11.001

This paper explores how a lower government organisation can act as an institutional entrepreneur. It builds on recent public sector budgeting research that identified the endogenisation of budget rules as an important element of institutional entrepr... Read More about Institutional entrepreneurship, practice memory, and cultural memory: Choice and creativity in the pursuit of endogenous change of local authority budgeting.

Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities (2016)
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Ferry, L. (2016). Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities. [No known commissioning body]

I welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities. This reply draws on my personal senior level experience and recent published academic work on financial... Read More about Written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the Financial Sustainability of Local Authorities.

NHS Sustainability Evidence. (2016)
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Ferry, L., & Gebreiter, F. (in press). NHS Sustainability Evidence. [No known commissioning body]

Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales (2016)
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Murphy, P., Eckersley, P., & Ferry, L. (2017). Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales. Public Policy and Administration, 32(3), 197-213. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952076716671033

Between 2010 and 2015, the UK’s Coalition Government introduced directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners to oversee English and Welsh police forces, and also required every force to publish a range of performance and financial information onli... Read More about Accountability and Transparency: Police Forces in England and Wales.

Are local freedoms at risk? (2016)
Journal Article
Ferry, L. (2016). Are local freedoms at risk?. Municipal journal (London. 1970),

As part of the ‘devolution revolution’ the UK central government devolved a general power of competence to English local authorities under the Localism Act 2011. In theory, local communities should have a greater say in the running of services as cen... Read More about Are local freedoms at risk?.

Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury (2016)
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Ferry, L., & Eckersley, P. (2016). Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury. Shadow Chancellor

We welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury. This reply draws on our recent published academic work on governing and budgeting in public services and senior level personal experience of both... Read More about Evidence to the Kerslake Review of Her Majesty’s Treasury.

Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee (2016)
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Ferry, L. (2016). Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee. [No known commissioning body]

I welcome the request to submit written evidence to the European Scrutiny Committee response and consultation regarding Brexit. My response is specifically concerned with the policy area of local government. This reply draws on my recent published ac... Read More about Evidence to the Inquiry into Brexit response and consultation. Parliament's European Scrutiny Committee.

Evidence to the Inquiry on Local Authorities and Commissioners. Parliament’s Communities and Local Government Committee (2016)
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Ferry, L. (2016). Evidence to the Inquiry on Local Authorities and Commissioners. Parliament’s Communities and Local Government Committee. [No known commissioning body]

I welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Communities and Local Government Inquiry on Commissioners and Local Authorities. This reply draws on my personal senior level experience and recent published academic work on financial sust... Read More about Evidence to the Inquiry on Local Authorities and Commissioners. Parliament’s Communities and Local Government Committee.

Accounting and the 'insoluble' problem of health-care costs (2016)
Journal Article
Gebreiter, G., & Ferry, L. (2018). Accounting and the 'insoluble' problem of health-care costs. Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments, 25(4), 719-733. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2016.1187073

Health service accounting reforms are frequently promoted, explained or justified with reference to aging populations, expensive medical technologies and their purported implications for the cost of health care. Drawing on Foucault’s genealogical met... Read More about Accounting and the 'insoluble' problem of health-care costs.

Evidence to the Inquiry into Government Accounts. Parliament's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) (2016)
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Ferry, L., & Chow, D. (2016). Evidence to the Inquiry into Government Accounts. Parliament's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC). [No known commissioning body]

We welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry into Government Accounts. This reply draws on recent published academic work and senior level personal experience of both... Read More about Evidence to the Inquiry into Government Accounts. Parliament's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC).

Seeking value in a privatised world (2016)
Journal Article
Ferry, L. (2016). Seeking value in a privatised world. Municipal journal (London. 1970),

Since the global financial crisis of 2008 there has been an added impetus towards reconsideration of the shape of the British state. The search for a ‘smarter state’ which is smaller and cheaper has particularly affected the field of central-local go... Read More about Seeking value in a privatised world.

Written Evidence to the Scrutiny of the Government's Supply Estimates. Parliament's Procedure Committee (2016)
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Ferry, L. (2016). Written Evidence to the Scrutiny of the Government's Supply Estimates. Parliament's Procedure Committee. House of Commons Select Committee

I welcome this opportunity to submit written evidence to the Procedure Committee’s inquiry on Scrutiny of the Government’s Supply Estimates. This reply draws on my recent published academic work on budgeting and governance in public services and seni... Read More about Written Evidence to the Scrutiny of the Government's Supply Estimates. Parliament's Procedure Committee.