Sachin Savur
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Overview
Summarising the key messages in Whitehall Monitor 2025.
Whitehall Monitor 2025
The civil service needs to change to deliver Labour's missions.
How the government can design better asylum policy
The government must exert its authority over the whole asylum system and avoid short-sighted measures aimed at conjuring an illusion of control.
Five things we learnt from 14 years of Conservative special advisers
The Cabinet Office’s next data release will give us the first clues of what the Labour spad cohort looks like.
Clare Short
Clare Short discusses setting up the Department for International Development, setting clear objectives and getting the most out of her civil servants
John Denham
John Denham discusses being an ‘engine room’ minister, resigning over Iraq, and being secretary of state for innovation, universities and skills.
The ministers of tomorrow should start preparing for the job today
The latest Ministers Reflect interviews features Alister Jack, Robert Halfon and Margaret Hodge.
Keir Starmer’s ministerial code
Keir Starmer has published his ministerial code. But what does it say?
Keir Starmer’s rewrite of the ministerial code is long overdue
The prime minister has made important first steps on bolstering standards.
The Committee on Standards in Public Life at 30: what next?
The CSPL is well-placed to support Keir Starmer's promise of a "politics of service".