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Response to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Open Consultation – Local audit reform: A strategy for overhauling the local audit system in England
Report
Ferry, L., Murphie, A., & Midgley, H. (2025). Response to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Open Consultation – Local audit reform: A strategy for overhauling the local audit system in England. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Next Generation Iraq: Youth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (2025)
Report
Palani, K., & Baser, B. (2025). Next Generation Iraq: Youth in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. British Council

Tracts, Scriptures and 'Storied Mysteries': The Bible in the Oxford Movement (2024)
Book Chapter
Loughlin, G. (2024). Tracts, Scriptures and 'Storied Mysteries': The Bible in the Oxford Movement. In S. Prickett, & E. Jay (Eds.), The Bible and Western Christian Literature: Books and The Book. Bloomsbury

Auditing, the state and democracy in a ‘new’ machine age of digitalisation: The UK Supreme Audit Institution (2025)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., Midgley, H., & Ahrens, T. (in press). Auditing, the state and democracy in a ‘new’ machine age of digitalisation: The UK Supreme Audit Institution. Public Administration,

Many promises have been made about digitalisation in the public sector, from its potential to revolutionise government, to its emancipating properties as a new conduit for democracy. In this paper, the case of a leading Supreme Audit Institution (SAI... Read More about Auditing, the state and democracy in a ‘new’ machine age of digitalisation: The UK Supreme Audit Institution.

‘A Practice of Fairness’: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City (2025)
Journal Article
Ferry, L., & Ahrens, T. (in press). ‘A Practice of Fairness’: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City. Public Administration,

Social justice is often theorised as fairness and expressed in equity as part of public administration and associated budgeting practices. Whereas much literature contrasted deontological positions, emphasising a procedural justice with fairness base... Read More about ‘A Practice of Fairness’: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City.