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Cameron's team ignored staffing advice
A new IfG report says that David Cameron ignored advice by slimming down Number 10 operations when he became Prime Minister.
Inside No.10: five changes that worked, and five which didn't
Effective support for the Prime Minister - what works and what doesn't?
Why Civil Service needs to provide long-term thinking for Prime Ministers
Jill Rutter, co-author of a new IfG report on the centre of government, blogs for the New Statesman.
Blair wanted London’s biggest conference centre
The Times reviews a new IfG report on the centre of government.
How to avoid outsourcing scandals
IfG Director of Research Tom Gash writes for The Guardian on outsourcing in light of a report by the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
Government outsourcing up by 23 per cent
Spend Network, a start-up data company, and the Institute for Government released a report in to government contracting calling for greater transparen
IT firms earn most from government spending
IT firms top government spending on outsourcing according to a new report by the Institute for Government and Spend Network.
New report reveals scale of outsourcing
A new report by the Institute for Government and Spend Network has analysed 38 million transactions to get a picture of Whitehall outsourcing.
New data on Whitehall outsourcing deals
Research by the Institute for Government's Whitehall Monitor team and Spend Network has concluded that greater transparency is required to get a more
Whitehall outsourcing rises 23% while expenditure falls
Outsourcing in Whitehall has increased by 23 per cent in the past two years, a new report by the Insstitute for Government has found.