Adviser, House of Commons Treasury Select Committee
Research contractor to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on regional public expenditure
Consultant to the Jenkins Commission on voting systems for the House of Commons, and to various local authorities on the Boundary Commission for England's review of parliamentary boundaries
Co-editor of 'Fixing the Boundary: Defining and Redefining Single Member Electoral Districts' (1996)
Author of 'The Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom' (2005)