• An engine for economic growth

    An engine for economic growth

    Aeronautics are a good example of a new form of partnership between government and industry. Suzannah Brecknell looks at...

     
  • Brown: Horsemeat reviews should keep FSA structure

    Brown: Horsemeat reviews should keep FSA structure

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) should retain its current structure because it responded swiftly and retained public trust...

     
  • Government launches training joint venture

    Government launches training joint venture

    The Cabinet Office has created a joint venture company to commercialise government’s portfolio of ‘Best Management Practice’...

     
  • Joining up the service delivery silos

    Joining up the service delivery silos

    For years, governments have run pilots exploring ways to improve local autonomy and coordination between services at the...

     
  • Meet the Winners: Community Rail Ambassador Project Team

    Meet the Winners: Community Rail Ambassador Project Team

    The transport department’s Community Rail Ambassador Project won the Understanding and Engaging with Communities award...

     
  • DCLG ‘must boost building’

    DCLG ‘must boost building’

    The Department for Communities and Local Government must do more to ensure the success of a £1.3 billion scheme aimed at...

     
  • Downsizing Stormont

    Downsizing Stormont

    The Northern Ireland Executive has 12 departments – far more than the Scottish or Welsh Governments. Joshua Chambers examines...

     
  • Interview: Derek Jones

    Interview: Derek Jones

    Since Derek Jones began working on Welsh governance, the country’s administration has largely shifted from London to Cardiff....

     
  • HMT scepticism on local powers

    HMT scepticism on local powers

    A senior Treasury official has cast doubt on whether local enterprise partnerships should take significant extra responsibility...

     
  • ‘Whole Place’ could save £200m

    ‘Whole Place’ could save £200m

    Four areas piloting ‘Whole Place’ community budgets will produce estimated public spending savings of over £200 million...