Latest articles (since 1/1/2022)

Gearing up government for levelling up? Good DLUHC with that…

The Department for Levelling Up is the latest in a line of Whitehall bodies that has gone through many fusions and fissions over the last 20 years. How will this new iteration fit in with the rest of government – and the wider UK? Colin and Carole Talbot explain

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/gearing-up-government-for-levelling-up-good-dluhc-with-that

The senior civil service in Britain: what it is, who is in it, and how it has changed

https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/the-senior-civil-service-in-britain-what-it-is-who-is-in-it-and-how-it-has-changed/

Treasury Rules? It’s not just No10 and the Cabinet Office that matter.

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/article/treasury-rules

Civil Service Reform – Hitler’s role?

https://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/lessons-from-history-can-the-covid-crisis-boost-science-skills-in-government/

Local Government – too big and too small?

https://www.themj.co.uk/Local-government-too-big-and-too-small/222416#

Lurching towards a clientelistic state?

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/a-lurch-towards-clientelism-the-implications-of-government-threats-to-remove-public-funding-from-specific-mps-constituencies

Boris Johnson: Evade and Escape