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Floodcheck
What is the background to the flooding debacle?
Relationship advice
Plan for decentralisation now.
Transforming Whitehall One Year On
This report considers the challenges leaders have faced while implementing change in Whitehall and outlines the approaches to overcoming them.
Leading Change in the Civil Service
This report makes the case for rethinking the corporate leadership of the Civil Service.
Burying the bodies
Questions linger about the Public Bodies Reform Programme.
The Civic Square and the Public Triangle
In an era of public austerity this paper offers a basis for securing the public’s trust in the competence of public institutions.
Civil Service Reform in the Real World
Why do some civil service reforms take off, while others limp on or tail off? What factors contribute to success – leadership, governance or collabora
Ofsted row obscures important facts about public appointments
We unpack them.
Achieving Political Decentralisation
Drawing on seven past reforms, this report identifies 10 obstacles to decentralisation.