Jack Worlidge
Senior Researcher
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Government security vetting
How does the UK government's national security vetting system work?
Antonia Romeo’s performance objectives are a welcome sign of leadership
The objectives include important signals on civil service reform.
Civil service staff numbers
Who exactly are civil servants and how many are there?
Antonia Romeo needs to reinvigorate the civil service
The cabinet secretary’s long-term success depends on her ability to reform the state.
Five things we learned at the IfG's Government 2026 conference
What lies in store for government in 2026?
Whitehall Monitor 2026: Methodology
The methodology underpinning the analysis in Whitehall Monitor 2026.
Whitehall Monitor 2026: Conclusion
Rewiring the state?
Whitehall Monitor 2026
Labour’s efforts to ‘rewire the state’ aren’t addressing longstanding workforce problems.
Whitehall Monitor 2026: Part 2 - The state of the civil service
Analysis of how the civil service changed in 2025, including its size, structure and morale, and the approach to digital transformation and AI.
Whitehall Monitor 2026: Part 1 - The government
Analysis of the political and permanent secretary changes of 2025, and the progress of 'mission-led' government.