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6th February 2012

Goodbye, minister: civil service hit by staff exodus

Turnover of top staff risks leaving civil service short of expertise

Source: The Independent

2nd February 2012

Government Needs To Make 'Fundamental Changes' To Meet Spending Challenge, Says NAO

Government departments need to make "fundamental changes" to successfully cut spending by 2015, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

Source: The Huffington Post

23rd January 2012

Will LSE's growth commission make a difference?

Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers and current OBR (and ex-MPC) member Steve Nickell have given evidence

Source: The Guardian Economics Blog

9th January 2012

Carry on policy-making: the case for change in Whitehall

Successful policies will need greater change in Whitehall: David Walker urges the Institute for Government to keep stacking up the ammunition

Source: The Guardian

9th January 2012

Learning lessons from history proves to be the best policy

History is littered with the failures of cherished government policies...The failures make media headlines. Lessons are drawn from them by academics and by the National Audit Office...Far less attention is paid to the successes. But they do exist.

Source: FT.com (subscription required)

Bureaucratic Public Services: Proposals for Reform

The Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin will set out the arguments for decentralisation, transparency and accountability in public services in a post-bureaucratic age.

Date: 11th January 2010
Time: 18:00 - 20:00

Please RVSP to events@instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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