Articles tagged with: missions
'Coherence is needed': Government urged to leverage its £400bn procurement bill to aid missions drive
26 Sep 2025 Commercial
'Coherence is needed': Government urged to leverage its £400bn procurement bill to aid missions drive
Think tank says better approaches to spending – including backing the civil service to be less risk-averse – can deliver results
MPs voice fears over ‘mega project’ governance plans
16 Sep 2025 Finance
MPs voice fears over ‘mega project’ governance plans
Treasury urged to explain logic for considering only three of its major schemes “mega”
Ministerial reshuffles and the centre of government: What should civil servants expect now?
12 Sep 2025 Civil Service Reform
Ministerial reshuffles and the centre of government: What should civil servants expect now?
What’s changed? What does it mean for the centre of government? And how should civil servants and ministers adapt?
From missions to milestones: what the Mission Delivery Unit’s move to No.10 tells us about delivery from the centre
08 Sep 2025 Civil Service Reform
From missions to milestones: what the Mission Delivery Unit’s move to No.10 tells us about delivery from the centre
Could this be the moment the centre can at last provide a single view of how priorities, pounds and people connect?
From the editor: Has the government become mission-oriented?
31 Jul 2025 Civil Service Reform
From the editor: Has the government become mission-oriented?
In the end, the Spending Review did not put mission-based working front and centre, but look closely and it's clear that the five missions did still exert some influence on the chancellor's allocations
Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking
17 Jul 2025 Economics
Jeremy Hunt: I had to earn civil servants’ trust after Tom Scholar sacking
Jeremy Hunt also speaks about the advice he gave to Wes Streeting and why he's not a fan of "mission-driven" government
Beyond deliverology: How to achieve Starmer’s missions
30 Jun 2025 Civil Service Reform
Beyond deliverology: How to achieve Starmer’s missions
The real gap in central government is the lack of capability devoted to strategy
Joined-up data and multi-disciplinary teams: DfE sets out how it is driving cross-government work on opportunities mission
19 May 2025 Civil Service Reform
Joined-up data and multi-disciplinary teams: DfE sets out how it is driving cross-government work on opportunities mission
DfE delivers update on how it is embedding mission-focused approach to improving outcomes for children, including governance and spending review tweaks
PACAC launches inquiry into mission delivery
07 Mar 2025 Civil Service Reform
PACAC launches inquiry into mission delivery
Committee plans to shine a light on how PM's missions and mission-driven approach will be delivered in practice
'Public sector leaders can be deeply risk averse': What I learnt about driving innovation
06 Mar 2025 Civil Service Reform
'Public sector leaders can be deeply risk averse': What I learnt about driving innovation
Tips on understanding and tackling the barriers to new ways of working