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The Civil Service Reform Plan 2012: Seven Tests for the New Plan
With publication of a civil service reform plan imminent, we examine what the plan needs to do to be successful.
Improving decision making in Whitehall
The Institute for Government, in partnership with CIMA and Deloitte, looked at a number of areas within Whitehall where the use of management informat
Reforming the Civil Service - The Efficiency Unit
Changes to civil service practices, culture and skills in the 1980s form an important stage in the development of the Civil Service. The Efficiency Un
It takes two
Our report looks at what is needed for effective relations between government departments and arm’s-length bodies.
Testing New Commissioning Models
Testing new commissioning models offers many benefits: implementation can be investigated, contracts perfected, and mistakes minimised. Yet there is a
An open letter: two challenges and an opportunity
This open letter sets out the Institute for Government's view of the challenges on civil service reform facing Sir Jeremy Heywood, the Cabinet Secreta
Bringing senior clinicians into the heart of policy making: learning from experience
In this brief working paper we analyse the institutional roles clinicians have filled in national policy making over the last dozen years to suggest ‘
The Coalition: Voters, Parties and Institutions
The formation of the Conservative-Liberal Democratic government was an event of great historical significance. Not only did it end thirteen years of