The Centre for Management and Policy Studies was a Cabinet Office body which attempted to be both a hub for thinking in Whitehall and a body overseein
Changes to civil service practices, culture and skills in the 1980s form an important stage in the development of the Civil Service. The Efficiency Un
With publication of a civil service reform plan imminent, we examine what the plan needs to do to be successful.
The Civil Service Reform Plan has now been published. We have set out seven key tests to evaluate whether the plan is a significant step towards a pro
Two years on from the 2010 Spending Review, this report is the first to look at how departments across Whitehall have coped with cuts and downsizing.
As the UK government moves forward with its plans to reform civil service accountability, this paper discusses how the Australian and New Zealand gove