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The Whitehall Monitor analyses data on the state of the Civil Service following the spending review.

The latest edition provides analysis of civil service staff numbers.

News

Institute responds to decision to 'mutualise' the Behavioural Insights Team
2nd May 2013
As part of a government drive to develop new commercial models for public services the Cabinet Office has announced that it wants to '...
Institute statement on PAC infrastrucutre report
29th April 2013
The Public Accounts Committee report today on UK infrastructure projects identifies lack of certainty
IfG responds to PAC report on London 2012
19th April 2013
Commenting on the PAC report today on lessons from London 2012, Senior Researcher from the Institute for Government and co-author of the...

Events

A new regulatory relationship: the Bank, the financial system, and the wider economy
28th May 2013
Paul Tucker will discuss the Bank of England's role in making regulation and macroeconomic policy work, and how a new architecture will...

In the news

Whitehall financial leadership must be stronger, says Institute
27th April 2013
Whitehall's financial leadership is weak and fragmented when it should be playing a major role...
Margaret Thatcher: Her administrations changed the political landscape
10th April 2013
Margaret Thatcher's administrations changed the political landscape, writes Peter Riddell.

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