Julian Le Grand

Sir Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, FBA FRSA (born 29 May 1945)[1] is a British academic specialising in public policy.

Le Grand is the author, co-author or editor of seventeen books and over ninety articles on economics, philosophy and public policy.

[4] He is one of the principal architects of the UK Government's current ‘quasi-market’ reforms introducing choice and competition into health care and education.

Le Grand was one of the signatories of a letter published in The Guardian on 15 April 2008, which criticised the UK Government's "retreat in the face of a rightwing challenge over inheritance tax".

"[5] In 2014 he was a member of the Commission on the Future of Health and Social Care in England for the King's Fund, chaired by Kate Barker which delivered its final report in September.