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Whitehall needs reform - and PM needs to lead it
IfG Director Peter Riddell responds to a Spectator article by James Forsyth about relations between ministers and civil servants in Whitehall.
Peter Riddell gives annnual NCVO lecture
IfG Director Peter Riddell gave the annual National Council for Voluntary Organisations' Hinton Lecture last night.
Whitehall must be accountable
Rachel Sylvester says the Universal Credit failures highlight a lack of accountability in Whitehall.
Universal Credit IT failures cost over £40m
The FT's report of yesterday's work and pensions select committee hearing mentions a new IfG report on accountability.
Speaking truth to power can be risky
Oliver Wright's Inside Whitehall column focuses on Whitehall accountability, referencing a new IfG report.
Stopping the strife between Ministers and civil servants
IfG Fellow Akash Paun blogs for Conservative Home about his new report, Accountability at the Top.
What civil servants learn by getting out of Whitehall
A BBC News feature on Connecting Policy with Practice, which brought together Whitehall policy makers and those involved with frontline delivery.
Why is the NCA a non-ministerial department?
Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill replies to an IfG blog asking why the newly created National Crime Agency is a non-ministerial department
Civil Service clash looms
Ministers are to hire more political appointees to their private offices, according to The Times.
G4S - The Inside Story
IfG Director of Research Tom Gash is quoted in the FT's in-depth look at the global outsroucing firm.