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Social enterprise in action in Plymouth
An update from our Connecting Policy with Practice project
The Work Programme: inside the 'black box'
Today’s Work Programme results reopen the debate about whether it is actually working.
Whitehall’s still standing - but for how long?
At some point cuts will force much bigger changes towards a more integrated Civil Service
The spending round: What to watch for on Wednesday
The announcement of the results of the 2015-16 spending round is almost upon us.
Investable politics: will the spending review do enough to attract private capital?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is expected to commit tens of billions of pounds to big infrastructure projects in the spending review.
Meeting the Challenge?
Following our discussion paper on Civil Service capabilities, this report compares previous reforms to the proposals in the new Capabilities Plan publ
Civil Service Capabilities
Improving the capability of the Civil Service is a huge challenge. This discussion paper examines some of the issues and challenges around making the
The old is dying, the new could yet be born
The civil service faces an interregnum
The lost world of royal commissions
Royal commissions have gone out of fashion.