Interviews & Features
Performance measurement: the history and future of Whitehall’s target culture
Performance measurement has been a fact of life in the public sector for longer than most people realise. Colin Talbot traces its past and where it may go next
Brexit negotiations: former Number 10 advisor Jonathan Powell on how to get the deal done
Veteran negotiator Jonathan Powell has had a hand in some of the most important deals in the UK’...
Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 23)
Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese
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Sir David Norgrove interview: new chair of UK Statistics Authority on elections, the misuse of numbers and working for Margaret Thatcher
Former Treasury economist Sir David Norgrove is no stranger to number crunching and dealing with tough politicians. Now the new chair of the UK Statistics Authority tells Jim Dunton about the...
Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Vol. 22)
Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese
Carol Tullo interview: National Archives director on leadership, digital record-keeping, and the benefits of peer support
After starting her career in law Carol Tullo has now worked in the civil service for 20 years. She talks to Suzannah Brecknell about two decades worth of change, Whitehall milestones and the...
Bright ideas: How could an industrial strategy affect public services?
Theresa May’s fledgling post-Brexit industrial strategy seeks to use government purchasing power to boost UK business if the Conservatives remain in power. Colin Marrs looks at historical...
Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (snap election special edition)
Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese
Speaking truth to Tony Blair, pioneering privatisation, and the importance of gossip: lunch with Lord Wilson
The former cabinet secretary shares his Whitehall reflections with Suzannah Brecknell
Making the global village a reality for policy
At a time of constrained resources for civil servants, learning from other governments’ mistakes and successes is one way to save time and money
Terminological inexactitudes: handy translations of Whitehall jargon (Sir Martin Donnelly special edition)
Civil Service World's regular guide to the very best in Whitehallese
Sherin Aminossehe interview: Government property chief on desk space, relocating civil servants and land disposal
An epiphanal moment in Saudi Arabia prompted Sherin Aminossehe to swap life at a major global architecture practice for the civil service, where she now leads the Government Property Unit. She...
What will Brexit mean for Defra?
Untangling the UK’s complicated relationship with European environmental policies and subsidies could be the hardest part of leaving the EU. Mark Rowe reports
Catherine Brown interview: Food Standards Agency chief on modern regulation and the horse meat scandal
Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low media profile until the horse meat scandal raced over the horizon. She tells Mark Smulian about the...
Roundtable: Making data-driven services a reality
Civil Service World brought together a panel of IT experts from across the civil service to explore the opportunities and challenges presented by the use of data in policymaking and delivery