To get brilliant people from the private sector or local government into Whitehall, the Civil Service needs to fix its reputation, increase pay and ensure there are sufficient senior roles to...
Head of the Government Finance Function Mike Driver tells PF of his vision to ‘put finance at the heart of decision-making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score’.
Civil servants are in line for a pay increase of up to 2% this year – with the potential for higher increases in departments that are undergoing transformational reform or struggling to recruit.
Assuming that, one way or another, at some point in the not too distant future, Brexit happens, the impact on the shape of government and public services will be huge, say Colin and Carole Talbot....
An increasing number of major government projects risk going over budget because of the government’s preoccupation with Brexit, a think-tank has warned.
The civil service needs to be properly resourced and have a clear understanding of its role ahead of Brexit, the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has said.
Constant upheaval and changes of direction in government policy are hugely costly in both human and economic terms, the Institute for Government warns in a paper published today.
The government has been told it will need to speed up the disposal of public land if the Whitehall target to free up capacity for at least 160,000 new homes by 2020 is to be met.
Polling published today by the Institute for Government has found the public is more likely to believe politicians will prioritise running government effectively than they were in 2014, but the...
While Theresa May says ‘Brexit means Brexit’, it means different things to different people, and it will need more than cabinet support to settle the question
Public service reform is difficult, particularly within the Westminster system. But there are practical changes that could be made to help make progress.
The fallout from the Brexit vote illustrates how policy debates have been dumbed down in the UK. Steps must be taken to rebuild public confidence in government.
Many attempts to replicate UK government initiatives around the world as part of aid agreements have failed. Donor funded attempts to support public service reform must better match plans to local...
The aims of the government’s devolution drive have multiplied, while the limits of centralised public finances are being exposed. More transparent ways of doing decentralisation are needed
MPs have launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the role and structure of the civil service after concluding the government’s reform plan “fell short of addressing fundamental questions” about its...
Central government’s corporate governance code sets out the responsibilities of non-executive directors. The reality, though, is rather different, writes Emran Mian
Departmental accounting officers have more incentives to keep ministers sweet than they do to raise concerns and safeguard taxpayers’ money, the National Audit Office has warned.
