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It's a No - Now What? Six Questions to Answer after the Scottish Referendum
This report looks into what would happen after the Scottish referendum and he implications of various proposals for further devolution.
A Programme for Effective Government
This paper looks at the priorities of the main parties for 2015 and beyond and the steps they must take to make progress on these priorities.
Governing after the referendum
This paper analyses 16 future constitutional scenarios for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, ranging from Scottish independence to devolution.
The Civil Service in Territorial Perspective
This report examines the UK civil service from a territorial perspective.
Doing them Justice
This report focuses on how to improve the implementation of social justice policy and identifies eleven lessons for ministers and officials.
Centre Forward
This report looks at how successive prime ministers have all had to grapple with the central machine to get a system that works best for them.
Government Contracting: Public data, private providers
This report looks at government spending with private service providers.
Pre-election Contact between the Civil Service and the Parties: Lessons from 2010
This report focuses on pre-election contacts by the Opposition specifically looking back at the 2010 pre-election contacts.
Year Five: Whitehall and the Parties in the Final Year of Coalition
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.
Separate Space: The Final Year of the Scottish Coalition, 1999-2007
This paper explores the ‘separate space’ system that was set up to enable all major parties to access civil service policy support.