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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Licence to lead: lessons for public bodies from the pandemic response in health
Government should trust public bodies to lead in crises.
Whitehall Monitor 2022
Major reform is needed for government to respond to crises like the pandemic while simultaneously delivering long-term policy goals.
Public bodies reform
The Declaration on Government Reform published in June 2021 committed the government to “commence a review programme for Arm’s Length Bodies".
Public bodies
Public bodies deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.
Ten questions the proposed commissioner for public appointments must answer
The appointments system is strained – and the next commissioner for public appointments must ensure it is reformed.
The appointment and conduct of departmental NEDs
Gina Coladangelo’s role as a departmental non-executive director has exposed the growing need to clarify rules around appointment and conduct.
Devolved public services
Since their creation in 1999, the devolved governments have chosen to fund and run public services in very different ways.
Michael Gove is wrong to dismiss complaints over government’s Covid-19 transparency
Michael Gove was mistaken to respond to a letter from newspaper editors with a defence of the government’s transparency record
Government spending: how does parliament approve it?
The government lays out its principal financial plans for the year in the budget.
Whitehall Monitor 2021
Whitehall Monitor 2021 reveals the way the pandemic has changed how the government takes decisions, spends money and makes policy.