Innovation nation
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This report proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s “Reforming...
Home truths
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Home Office. This report proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Home Office. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s “Reforming the Civil Service” series. The Home Office has responsibility for...
Stuck in the slow lane
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department for Transport. This report proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Transport. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s “Reforming the Civil Service” series. The Department for Transport...
How should the Foreign Office change now?
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to ensure the FCO is capable of responding to the war in Ukraine and future crises. How should the Foreign Office change now? assesses the impact of a morale-damaging merger of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International...
Indefensible
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Ministry of Defence. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Ministry of Defence This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s...
Managing extreme risks
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how government can learn from Covid to be better prepared for the next crisis. With the UK facing a growing number of extreme risks, the current government has failed to learn from the Covid pandemic and so the new administration must urgently take...
Parliament’s watchdogs
This report from UK think tank the Constitution Unit looks at the independence and accountability of five constitutional regulators. Constitutional watchdogs have emerged in the UK as important overseers of political propriety and the democratic process. But they have developed haphazardly, and vary in the ways they are independent and accountable. There is an obvious...
Culture wars
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. This paper is...
After Boris Johnson: what now for the civil service?
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to grip the civil service reform agenda. With the Johnson era coming to a close, the civil service’s leaders need to find their voices, assert how best to run the institution, set a clear purpose and learn – and be seen to...
Brits abroad
This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. This paper is part of...