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General election: Five things civil servants should be doing before the election – and just after it
Civil Service World highlights the recent IfG webinar discussing how civil servants should navigate an election campaign.
More or Less: UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics
Senior researcher Cassia Rowlands speaks to BBC Radio 4's More or Less programme about the current challenges facing the UK's prison system.
The next government must end "begging bowl culture" of local growth funding
Central government’s over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth.
Fixing Whitehall comes second to big, brave decisions needed to fix Britain
Joe Owen and Jill Rutter speak to the Financial Times about Labour's proposed use of missions and potential machinery of government changes.
General election: Dr Hannah White on BBC Breakfast
Dr Hannah White appears on BBC Breakfast to explain how an election campaign will unfold, and what this means for parliament and government.
General election: Dr Hannah White on the Today programme
Dr Hannah White speaks to BBC Radio 4's Today programme to discuss what happens next in parliament during this 'wash-up' period.
General election: Dr Hannah White on BBC News
Dr Hannah White speaks live to BBC News about what happens in Parliament next just as Rishi Sunak arrives to announce a general election.
Alex Thomas: Truss would have had much better odds of seeing through her plans if she’d trusted the ‘deep state’
Programme director Alex Thomas writes in ConservativeHome on the relationship between the former PM and the civil service.
Infected Blood Inquiry: Emma Norris on ITV News
Emma Norris speaks to ITV about why many long-running inquiries have failed to produce real change, and what can be done to make them more effective.
Trust in political and economic institutions falls
Dr Hannah White comments on the sharp fall in trust in the government and the parliament over the past year, as reported by The Times.