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Constitutional guardians
Ministers must do more to strengthen the UK's constitutional guardians.
Intergovernmental relations
How do officials and ministers across the UK cooperate and resolve disputes?
Sexual orientation in the civil service
What proportion of civil servants are LGB+ – and how does this vary by seniority and department?
Faith in the civil service
The diversity of faith in the civil service, and the steps being taken to support different faiths.
Outcome delivery plans can help ministers track the impact of public spending decisions
The government’s performance framework has been neglected but will prove a valuable tool for managing public spending decisions.
Cutting the civil service
Six steps to cut the civil service with care
The row over Braverman’s future shouldn’t overshadow the problems it has exposed
Appointing an independent ethics adviser would help Rishi Sunak steady the ship.
Rishi Sunak must champion net zero as prime minister
Rishi Sunak will need to start building on that Glasgow speech sooner rather than later.
Sunak and Hunt should not rush into spending cuts
If the government plans to fill some of the fiscal hole through cuts to departmental spending, it should understand there are no easy savings.
Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the UK’s official independent economic and fiscal forecaster.