Grant Dalton
Former Researcher
Grant's recent work
MPs standing down at the next general election
How many MPs are standing down at the next election, and why?
Public appointments in 2023
There has been some promising progress in improving the public appointments system, but it remains vulnerable to abuse.
Interviews with Truss and Johnson ministers prove time in government shouldn’t be wasted
Being a minister in a government with a majority is a rare opportunity.
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Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Part 2): Government reform
This part of Whitehall Monitor 2023 analyses efforts to reform government, and the civil service in particular, last year.
Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Part 1): The size, cost and make-up of the civil service
This part of Whitehall Monitor 2023 analyses the ways in which the civil service changed in 2022 and what these changes mean for its priorities.
Public bodies: governance and funding
How public bodies' objectives are set, and the funding and other constraints within which they must operate.
Public bodies: scrutiny and accountability
How public bodies are scrutinised and held accountable for performance, as well as how they can be directed by ministers.
Diversity and inclusion in the think tank sector
Think tanks need to improve outreach, change perceptions of the sector and adapt their recruitment to improve their diversity.
Subnational government in England
England’s usually messy patchwork of governing arrangements makes it an international outlier in its subnational government structures.
Chartered public bodies
A royal charter is a document issued by the monarch that gives independent legal standing to an organisation.
Reforming public appointments
How the new prime minister can make public appointments faster and fairer, by reforming an often chaotic public appointments process.
Hogan-Howe story shows action is needed on appointments
Appointing Lord Hogan-Howe to head the National Crime Agency would not break any rules – and that is precisely the problem
The government would be wrong to wage another war on ‘quangos’
Government should be more specific about what it wants public bodies to deliver and where it can do without them.