Stone King - Quick Reads

2/13/2026 9:58:31 AM

Why a new care covenant must put faith communities at its heart

By Lee Coley

In 2023, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York issued a report called Care and Support Reimagined: a National Care Covenant for England...

2/9/2026 1:27:38 PM

By Lee Coley

A significant shift is taking place in the UK’s approach to public service reform. With the creation of the Office for the Impact Economy...

2/4/2026 3:25:56 PM

By Amy Berry

The Government has launched a consultation today (Wednesday 04 February 2026) on ‘restricted variations’ for the purposes of fire and...

1/23/2026 1:55:15 PM

By Ciara Campfield

If you work with public contracts, you’ll know the Procurement Act 2023 officially kicked in on 24 February 2025. But thanks to the...

1/15/2026 2:55:02 PM

By Ciara Campfield

Public services today face high demand, limited budgets, and deep social challenges. We see it daily in the work we do at Stone King as a...

12/17/2025 4:13:19 PM

By Lee Coley

At a press conference yesterday, Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of Reform UK, suggested looking to churches that are ‘redundant' five days a...

12/9/2025 1:25:19 PM

By Ciara Campfield

As a commercial contracts and procurement lawyer, I’ve seen the same issue play out again and again: contracts have become dense,...

12/8/2025 2:19:51 PM

By Lee Coley

I read an interesting article by Alan Smith this morning about how The Church Commissioners try to use their investments to create...

12/8/2025 1:37:38 PM

By Ciara Campfield

I've just been reading the latest child poverty figures, and once again they stop me in my tracks, because no matter how long I’ve worked...

12/5/2025 2:27:53 PM

By Ciara Campfield

I’m really glad to see the Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programme moving forward with the publication of the Government's...

12/1/2025 12:02:13 PM

By Ciara Campfield

I was outside the school playground the other day waiting to pick up my daughter, Luna, and the sound of kids lost in play (the squeals...

11/28/2025 12:06:28 PM

By Ciara Campfield

I have recently read an interesting story in TES about Lift Schools and Reach Foundation launching a new pilot to tackle disengagement in...