Policy making
Making tax policy better
The case for strengthening the Office of Tax Simplification.
100 days of solitude
What has the new Cameron administration done?
Where next for digital transformation?
Change is afoot at the GDS.
Firm direction
Kids Company and ministerial directions.
Regulatory policy scrutiny: independent advice to government
RPC Chair Michael Gibbons CBE reflects on the RPC’s impact to date and where it needs to go next.
Academy chains in a tangle
The Department for Education has five questions to answer to justify more academies.
Shrinking Whitehall
Will departmental mergers actually save money?
Behavioural economics: an insight into the future of policy making?
Ashley Hibben reflects on how behavioural economics could influence policy making in the future.
Richard H Thaler in conversation with Evan Davis
In discussion with BBC Newsnight presenter Evan Davis, Richard Thaler reflected on what behavioural economics has added to the policy maker toolkit.
Eight ways to improve the Work Programme
Tom Gash believes it can improve.