Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

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Whitehall Monitor

The Institute for Government’s flagship annual report on the civil service.

Each year Whitehall Monitor collates, analyses and visualises publicly available data – supported by our ongoing research – to chart changes in the civil service. For over a decade the report has tracked the size of the civil service and the turnover of officials, civil service pay, morale and diversity, as well as progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and digitisation.

Whitehall Monitor 2025

High staff turnover, confused workforce planning, slipping morale and uncompetitive pay are hindering the civil service’s ability to deliver Labour’s missions.

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Whitehall Monitor team

Topic
Civil service
Keywords
Civil servants Civil service reform Government reform Government communications Diversity and inclusion Government transparency Machinery of government
Tracker
Whitehall Monitor
Publisher
Institute for Government

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