The week ahead: 23/01/12-27/01/12

Today ( Monday 23 January) the public accounts committee (PAC) takes evidence on Ministry of Justice financial management . The National Audit Office (NAO) have said financial management at the MoJ has improved considerably since the NAO last examined this subject in 2010. However, in certain areas, such as income collection, there is some way to go. The health secretary, Andrew Lansley, is to give a speech at the Royal Society for Public Health on Monday setting out how the government and local councils will work together on public health. He will also launch the first public health outcomes framework, against which local councils will be able to track their progress. IPPR and Cardiff and Edinburgh universities publish a report on Englishness today, which finds that voters living in England feel more "English" than "British". On Tuesday (24 January) the public administration select committee (PASC) begins its inquiry into strategic thinking in government with Peter Riddell, director, and Jill Rutter, programme director at the Institute for Government, and Professor John Kay and David Steven of New York University at 10.30am. The health committee publishes its latest views on how well the NHS is "learning to cut its coat to smaller cloth by reconfiguring services" and takes further oral evidence on education, training and workforce planning at 10:30am . Candidates for the London mayoral election are expected to step up their campaigning as Tuesday is exactly 100 days before polling day. The Welsh affairs committee holds a one-off session on devolution in Wales again at 10:30 with Paul Silk, chair, Commission on Devolution in Wales, Dyfrig John CBE, independent commissioner, and Professor Noel Lloyd, independent commissioner. Government, charities, funders and refugee community organisations from around the UK are attending the second Basis Project national conference in Birmingham on Tuesday. The Looking to the Future conference will discuss "how best to ensure local communities continue to thrive and benefit from the contribution of refugee community organisations". On Tuesday evening, right-leaning thinktank ResPublica is holding a dinner discussion in Westminster for stakeholders and members of the thinktank's business network. The speakers will be Lord Victor Adebowale, chief executive of Turning Point and MP Chris White, sponsor of the public services bill, who will lead the discussion on social enterprises and the changing face of the third sector. On Wednesday (25 January) MPs ask, 'how safe will the UK's new generation of nuclear power stations actually be'? The Science & Technology committee is looking at risk perception when it comes to energy infrastructure. Bob Brown from Sedgemoor District Council will give evidence at 10:15am. The PAC takes evidence on the Care Quality Commission at 3:15pm on Wednesday. Witnesses: first panel: Mike Farrar, chief executive, NHS Confederation; Dr Anna Dixon, Kings Fund; Gary Fitzgerald, chief executive, Action on Elder Abuse; Peter Walsh, chief executive, Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA). Second panel : Una O'Brien, permanent secretary, Health; Cynthia Bower, chief executive, Care Quality Commission, Amanda Sherlock, director of operations, Care Quality Commission. Professor Sir Peter Rubin and Niall Dickson, the chair and the chief executive of the General Medical Council, are launching new guidance on leadership and management for doctors on Wednesday. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos 25-29 January. OECD secretary-general Angel Gurría says the policies needed to put public finances on a sustainable track in many of the world's major economies need to be as growth-friendly as possible. On Thursday we host a live Q&A on delivering training in the current economic climate . Join our expert panel and put your own questions and thoughts to them between 12-2pm or leave a comment in advance of the discussion now. The deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, will give a keynote speech on how to improve the living standards of middle income families, as part of the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards on Thursday.