Civil service
Reforming the civil service needs more than a smart Dominic Cummings blogpost
Building up a new team in 10 Downing Street is far easier than achieving lasting and much-needed reform of the civil service
Boris Johnson’s ambitious agenda identifies problems – and now requires solutions
Complicated challenges and difficult choices await the prime minister
The government is right to want to reduce civil service turnover – this is how to do it
Number 10 should focus on reforming pay and improving HR to prevent civil servants from changing jobs too frequently
There’s good reason to reform Whitehall – but the government needs to know what it wants to achieve
Tim Durrant weighs up the Johnson government's rumoured changes to Whitehall departments.
Boris Johnson should combine his reshuffle with his plans for Whitehall restructuring
Avoiding the temptation to tinker with his Cabinet will leave Boris Johnson with a more effective team of ministers.
A new Conservative government should abolish DExEU on 1 February
The government should abolish the Department for Exiting the EU on 1 February.
Whitehall is braced for more Brexit challenges, big government changes and a backlog of work
As the election campaign draws to a close, Emma Norris identifies the challenges that await civil servants in the weeks and months ahead.
Manifestos should focus on prioritisation over proliferation when it comes to major projects
The Conservative and Labour manifestos set out ambitious new projects, but the government’s major projects portfolio is already too big.
Manifesto plans for new departments raise more questions than they answer
The main parties' manifesto pledges to create new government departments risk creating uncertainty and distraction.
The parties should think carefully before promising new government departments
Setting up a new government can quickly create more problems than it solves.