Civil service
Geidt and Johnson letters show need for serious government ethics reform
The latest instalment in the Downing Street flat saga reveals a series of failures, by ministers, advisers and officials, to uphold standards in gover
It is not right to appoint a politician to lead the Civil Service Commission
The government has made a mistake by proposing a politician to lead the body that exists to oversee civil service impartiality
Data Bites #25: getting things done with data in government
The 25th event in our Data Bites series featured speakers from the Central Digital and Data Office, BEIS and the No.10 Delivery Unit.
Kate Bingham’s crisis method needs modifying for 'peacetime' government
Alex Thomas sets out how Kate Bingham's lessons from the pandemic should be applied when normal times return
Pay reform for the senior civil service
The government must commit to ringfencing the £45m needed to fund its promised reform of senior civil service pay or risk undermining job satisfaction
Data Bites #24: getting things done with data in government
At this month's event, the speakers presented their work on data in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had eight minutes, followed by eight m
Civil service cuts should be informed by proper workforce planning
Rhys Clyne says that the government should work out the skills and experience it need from the civil service
Conservative Party Conference: high on Boris Johnson’s optimism, low on new policy
The Institute for Government team headed to Manchester to take the temperature of the Conservative Party conference
Data Bites #23: getting things done with data in government
Or Lenchner, Andrew Engeli, Bethan Charnley and Patrick Royce joined us for this month's Data Bites.
The Boardman review
The Boardman review should be taken seriously by a government that has faced substantial criticism over the past year over its approach to ethical sta