Coronavirus
The government must clean up its act on coronavirus contracts
A new National Audit Office report raises serious questions about the way the government has spent public money
Digital government during the coronavirus crisis
The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the digital transformation of public service delivery and government use of data.
Lockdown compliance and pandemic fatigue
In contrast with the spring, some experts think people are less likely to follow the rules this time around.
Coronavirus: how countries supported wages during the pandemic
This explainer summarises how different countries supported wages during the pandemic, and how those schemes developed and changed during the crisis.
Covid crisis means ministers might regret not extending Brexit transition
The government is yet to show that its decision not to extend the Brexit transition period was the right one
Government must integrate different forms of advice to inform coronavirus response
The incoherence of the government’s response to Covid-19 has not been helped by the failure to join up different forms of advice
Advice to government in the coronavirus crisis: how to balance scientific and economic evidence
How should science advice be combined with other kinds of evidence and presented to ministers?
Data Bites #14: Getting things done with data in government
This month's Data Bites featured presentations on data standards, master data in a pandemic and data infrastructure at MoJ.
Rishi Sunak’s furlough U-turn protects jobs but risks being poor value for taxpayer money
Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a long extension to furlough and self-employed support may end up being an over-correction
How public services have coped with coronavirus
This event launched the fifth edition of Performance Tracker, an analysis of the performance of five key public services during the pandemic.