Guardian political editor Patrick Wintour reports nervousness among civil servants forced to rely on ambiguous rules governing parties' access to advi
This report examines two systems that enable political parties in Australia to have policy plans independently assessed and costed.
This case study examines how the costing facility operates in a run up to an Irish election.
This paper explores the ‘separate space’ system that was set up to enable all major parties to access civil service policy support.
This report focuses on how the Civil Service should work with the two coalition parties in year five of the coalition as each develops their plans.
This report focuses on pre-election contacts by the Opposition specifically looking back at the 2010 pre-election contacts.
This event marked the launch of two parallel reports which examine the challenges of the final year of this parliament.