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Meeting the mentors
This week’s Women Leaders event explored the value of mentoring in addressing gender inequality and concluded that all kinds of people could benefit.
One direction: first accounting officer ministerial direction published since 2010
Is it a crisis of civil service confidence in ministers?
Guest blog: Learning from Whitehall – how we adapted the PMDU to local government
Even though the Coalition government scrapped the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit in 2010, the model continues to inspire public service reformers.
Doing what matters with less: the Fast Stream conference 2015
This year’s Civil Service Fast Stream conference was organised around the theme of ‘Doing more what matters with less’.
Adapting the PMDU Model
This InsideOUT report examines how a delivery unit modelled on the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit was set up by Haringey Council in north London.
National security inputs: more expertise = more effective decision making?
Government now needs to improve the national security expertise informing decision makers..
Governing in an ever-looser union
Governing is increasingly difficult in our ever-looser union. But there are ways to make it easier.
Governing in an Ever Looser Union
This paper is on how to provide effective government in the context of an increasingly complex and fluid constitutional settlement.
No home and all alone – the complicated lives some of those in need
A personal story.
Plenty of food for thought – but choose carefully from the menu
The new think tank GovernUp has published six papers on reforming government. Julian McCrae reflects on some of the ideas.