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Independently-minded?
Catalonia’s nationalists lack the constitutional authority to move towards independence.
Diamond departments?
The grade structure of the Civil Service in 2015.
Jeremy Browne
Jeremy Browne was interviewed by on 15 October 2015 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Handle with care
The 2015 Parliament.
UK productivity
From puzzle to plan.
Fiscal rules and knock-about politics don’t mix
The reason for having fiscal rules is being lost.
Women in the Civil Service, 2015
Emily Andrews and Gavin Freeguard dig deeper into the gender balance in the Civil Service.
Select committees under scrutiny: Case studies from the 2010-15 parliament
This paper is published to accompany our report, Select Committees Under Scrutiny: The impact of parliamentary committee inquiries on government.
The Civil Service in 2015
In seven charts.
Making the National Infrastructure Commission work
Six pieces of advice.