Public finances
Budget talk: An end to secrecy?
The Treasury's decision to pre-brief most of the good news in the Budget finally explodes the myth of the need for special rules for Budget making.
How long does it take to make a tax policy?
Next time the Treasury invites public input, it needs to give them a real deadline to enable their ideas to be examined seriously.
Transforming Whitehall - managing the change
This seminar particularly focused at individuals working within the change or organisational design functions of departments.
The changing structure of public spending – accident or design?
If we are back in the world of "boom and bust", we need to think about how our public finance frameworks operate in a world of large cyclical swings.
Smaller and better?
We examine how Whitehall can improve while cutting costs, using examples from around the world.
What to make of the Spending Review speech?
If there was a 'handbook of successful international deficit reductions', how would the Chancellor’s speech stack up against its recommendations?
Spending Review: can transparency trump temptation?
We should be up-front about the fiscal pain.
Whitehall cuts: what we can learn from Canada and Sweden
How to implement the cuts?
Undertaking a fiscal consolidation
This briefing note sets out key information for the politicians and officials involved in tackling the UK’s current fiscal situation.