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The lonely world of Spadville
The Spectator's Coffee House blog prints excerpts from Nick Hillman's essay on his time as a special adviser to David Willetts MP, Minister for Univer
Bad news for Whitehall is bad news for the country
David Walker writes that the latest IfG report assesses that the civil service will not be in a fit state to deliver effectively for the next governme
Waging a more efficient war
Civil Service World features an interview with IfG researcher Jonathan Pearson on our new report, 'Leading Change in the Civil Service'.
Whitehall - not the final cut
To survive the 2015 Spending Review, civil service leaders will have to step out of departmental silos and take transformation a whole lot further, ac
Inside Whitehall: We have to start the cuts now for next period of austerity
Oliver Wright's column focuses on research by the Institute for Government and the IFS, which warns that planning ahead for post-2015 spending cuts mu
Weak Whitehall leadership undermining future spending strategy
Senior Civil Service leaders need to prepare now for post-2015 spending cuts, according to a new report from the Institute for Government.
Strong leadership needed to drive cuts, ministers told
Greater leadership at the top of the civil service combined with more involvement from both the Treasury and Prime Minister is required to ensure the
Unions slam 1% public sector pay rise
IfG Deputy Director Julian McCrae says pay controls in the civil service could lead to an exodus of talented staff.
Five reasons why quangos fail
A new report by the Institute for Government identifies a number of common themes in the demise of the Audit Commission and two other improvement agen
IfG criticises timetable to scrap Audit Commission
An 'insanely ambitious' timetable will result in various functions of the Audit Commission being spread around Whitehall, according to a new IfG repor