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No 2 to No 10: taking MINDSPACE to Downing Street
I return to No 10.
How permanent secretaries reach the top
We examine the careers of top mandarins.
The New Persuaders
In an effort to map the world's soft power landscape we have worked in partnership with Monocle magazine to develop a Soft Power Index.
Parliament's new centre of gravity
The centre of gravity in the House of Commons is shifting from the chamber to the committee corridor.
How can we shape up for national security?
The Institute's Shaping Up report in January concluded that Whitehall needed to make some changes to be more effective.
Reining in the quango state: our four key findings
Quangos are back in the news again with the leak of the proposed list of bodies facing closure or merger.
Whitehall cuts: what we can learn from Canada and Sweden
How to implement the cuts?
Select Committee report demonstrates need for reform
The problems with our current system of classifying arm’s length bodies is shown in the Treasury Select Committee report published today on the OBR.
Why Cameron and Clegg need to reflect on the working of the coalition
Adjustment in Whitehall among both ministers and official is still not complete.
Just how Big is the Big Society?
Some emerging insights about the implications of the Big Society as explored in our recent Big Society Public Services seminar series.