Jonathan Pearson
Former senior researcher
All work
Managing with less
This report looks at the changes the Government must make to keep its policy promises, whilst keeping its commitment to reducing the deficit.
Creating the Prime Minister’s ‘smarter state’
What might this look like and what can the Government do to achieve it?
Where next for digital transformation?
Change is afoot at the GDS.
Culture shock: the case of setting up the Competition and Markets Authority
There are many challenges in setting up a new government agency.
Paid more than the PM: will freedom on pay packets close skills gaps in the Civil Service?
Will the freedom to hire staff on salaries greater than the Prime Minster’s allow Whitehall to close skills gaps in certain areas?
A recipe for failure? Why government’s relationship with arm’s-length bodies matters
We discuss in a new report.
Out of the Ashes
What recommendations the next government should act on to truly reform arm’s-length government in the UK.
Defence secretary Fallon opens new fronts in outsourcing campaign
“One of the biggest defence transformations in the Western World” is far from over, defence secretary Michael Fallon told the IfG.
Resolving confusion: the unaddressed issue of public bodies reform
How is public body reform faring?
The challenges of departmental reform
What does it take for an organisation to become “better but smaller”?