Report
A new statutory role for the civil service
The civil service needs a new statutory role to reflect its permanence, purpose, values and how it should be run and held to account.
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The civil service needs a new statutory role to reflect its permanence, purpose, values and how it should be run and held to account.
How government – both ministers and officials – could change to make policy better.
How the civil service can be held more accountable for the standards of its policy advice and the expertise of its staff.
What will day one in government mean for ministers, civil servants and advisers?
The IfG expert team review the Lib Dem, SNP, Green, Reform UK, Plaid and Northern Irish parties’ manifestos