Josh Harris
Senior Researcher
All work
Getting to the heart of decision making
HM Treasury's Financial Management Review has already delivered significant results.
Building on long term Whitehall reform will help the next government to deliver
Our new paper explains.
All in it together
Whitehall must improve how it works across departments to deliver promises, to do so this paper sets out what needs to happen.
One direction: first accounting officer ministerial direction published since 2010
Is it a crisis of civil service confidence in ministers?
John Manzoni sets out his priorities as chief executive of the Civil Service
“Everything I say tonight is through a lens of implementation,” said John Manzoni.
Special advice: how to make a prime ministerial unit work
How to be a Tsar.
The National Security Council
This paper looks at the evolution of the National Security Council and how national security has been previously addressed by the centre.
The Special Ones
This report draws on the experiences of those who have worked in special units to distil seven pieces of advice on how to make a special unit work.
Preparing for the Next Spending Review
Five changes needed for the next spending review to be effective.
Centre Forward
This report looks at how successive prime ministers have all had to grapple with the central machine to get a system that works best for them.