Procurement
Briefings and barges do not make for good asylum policy
The government’s ‘small boats week’ may fill a recess-shaped hole in the media grid, but won’t help the prime minister ‘stop the boats’.
Why government (still) needs to dispose of ‘Take Out the Trash Day’
The habit of issuing a deluge of data and documents as parliament rises for the summer is bad for scrutiny.
Procurement in the pandemic and beyond: Reflections and lessons for government commercial
This event explored the lessons learnt from the pandemic can be applied to future crises and the government’s Procurement Bill.
Carillion: four years on
Our panel examined whether the government has learnt the lessons from the collapse of Carillion.
Reunification of probation services
MoJ's preparations for the reunification of services and their transition back into the department.
The Procurement Bill: an expert briefing
At this event we discussed the Procurement Bill’s aims and the challenges to achieving the government’s objectives.
Unification of probation services: one year on
One year on, how well has the transition to the new unified Probation Service worked?
Randstad episode shows government has still not learnt lessons from past procurement failures
It is right that schools will now take on the tutoring programme – but government must explain, and finally learn from, its latest contract stumble.
'VIP lane' shows urgent need for procurement reform
This week’s data releases on Covid contracts make uncomfortable reading for several senior Conservatives
Procurement after Brexit: a keynote speech by Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew
Lord Agnew, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, discusses the government’s proposals for post-Brexit rules on public sector procurement.