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Effective transitions of prime minister: lessons for Andy Burnham
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (393+ words) Working to make government more effective Andy Burnham needs to be ruthless with his time and priorities in his preparations for power To make a success of his transition to power, Andy Burnham must learn from the experience of previous…...
Brexit at 10: Devolution
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (426+ words) Working to make government more effective The UK's vote to leave the EU immediately exposed divergent views across the UK. Brexit heralded a low point in UK'devolved relations and posed new challenges for devolution that are still causing tensions a…...
Brexit at 10: The civil service
1+ week, 1+ day ago (527+ words) Working to make government more effective Hannah Keenan looks back at being part of the "Brexit cohort. The first few years in a new career, or in the workplace at all, are formative. For a large cohort of civil servants…...
Brexit at 10: UK foreign policy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (271+ words) Working to make government more effective The geopolitical shifts of the mid-2010s have only intensified in the decade since Brexit. The UK's vote to leave the EU came amid three shifts " a more aggressive Russia, a more assertive China and the…...
Brexit at 10: How has leaving the EU changed UK government?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (650+ words) Working to make government more effective The If G looks back on a decade since the UK left the EU. Ten years ago next week, the UK took a momentous decision: to leave the European Union, of which it had…...
Early years policy making: How can government ensure that boys from low-income families are not left behind during delivery?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (298+ words) Working to make government more effective With nearly three in five boys from low-income families not school-ready by age five, this report, supported by Impact on Urban Health, sets out how this " or a future " government can avoid the repeated…...
The WASPI confusion sees Andy Burnham stumble at his first spending test
1+ week, 6+ day ago (354+ words) Working to make government more effective Popular spending promises aren't always good politics for would-be prime ministers. Jill Rutter argues that the wannabe prime minister's flirtation with WASPI compensation puts question marks over his credentials to be a PM who…...
The violent disorder in Belfast is a test of leadership and governance
1+ week, 6+ day ago (253+ words) Working to make government more effective A misjudged ministerial response in Northern Ireland risks being ineffective or even counter productive. Ministers have an important leadership role during a crisis but in doing so should recognise that the violent disorder in…...
Scrapping the Public Sector Equality Duty won't create the change Badenoch wants
2+ week, 7+ hour ago (569+ words) Working to make government more effective Kemi Badenoch's speech at the If G saw her pledge to abolish the Public Sector Equality Duty. The horrific murder of Henry Nowak has put the Public Sector Equality Duty in the spotlight " but…...
Salami-slicing capital budgets for defence is bad fiscal policy making
2+ week, 1+ day ago (570+ words) Working to make government more effective Raiding capital budgets in this way to pay for greater defence capability is the wrong approach. The strategic defence review, published more than a year ago, laid bare the weaknesses in the UK's defence…...