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Patchwork Britain
Greater Manchester gets moving.
The National Security Council
This paper looks at the evolution of the National Security Council and how national security has been previously addressed by the centre.
Whitehall Monitor 2014
Whitehall Monitor 2014 aims to chart government performance in a understandable, compelling and useful way driven by thorough data analysis.
Mind your language
Do the words that policymakers use work?
Housing That Works for All
This paper examines the housing affordability crisis, presenting evidence on the risk of distortions in favour of homeowners is economically striking.
The shape of the Civil Service
Remaking the grade.
Decentralisation power plays
Everyone wants a piece of the decentralisation cake - but there are too many cooks and disagreements about who is head chef.
Streaming data
Civil service Fast Stream recruitment in six charts.
The updated guidance on the Osmotherly Rules
Civil servants running the biggest projects will now be directly accountable to Parliament.
By Prime Ministerial Appointment: the PM and Permanent Secretaries
An inevitable decision.