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    Analysis

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    'Test-and-learn' approaches among proposed new additions to evaluation handbook
    16 Apr Analysis

    'Test-and-learn' approaches among proposed new additions to evaluation handbook

    Evaluation Task Force seeks feedback from across government on potential updates to the Magenta Book
    by Tevye Markson
    Scottish Government launches evaluation-and-appraisal centre
    27 May Analysis
    Scottish Government launches evaluation-and-appraisal centre
    Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
    24 Apr Analysis
    Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
    Treasury perm sec pledges probe into OBR forecast 'leak'
    13 Feb Analysis
    Treasury perm sec pledges probe into OBR forecast 'leak'
    Want to avoid a major project fiasco? Learn from others’ mistakes
    21 Sep 2015 Analysis
    Want to avoid a major project fiasco? Learn from others’ mistakes

    Louise Hart, author of Procuring Successful Mega-Projects and a former project director for the establishment of major transport infrastructure contracts in Sydney and London, explains that when it comes to setting up major government contracts, learning from experience is commendable, but learning from other people’s experience is much less painful


    On the frontline with an academy teacher
    13 Aug 2015 Analysis
    On the frontline with an academy teacher

    What’s life like at the sharp end of public services? A modern foreign languages teacher tells Sarah Aston about the pros and cons of changes to the schools system


    Joined-up thinking: A round table on collaborative working
    22 Jul 2015 Analysis
    Joined-up thinking: A round table on collaborative working

    As the purse strings tighten, government departments are seeing the benefits of working together. Tim Gibson reports from a CSW roundtable that explored how best to make collaboration happen


    Inside Cameron's Number 10: Anthony Seldon on the team at the centre of governmrent
    10 Jul 2015 Analysis
    Inside Cameron's Number 10: Anthony Seldon on the team at the centre of governmrent

    Throughout his premiership, David Cameron’s inner circle has remained remarkably consistent. Historian and author Anthony Seldon runs through the men and women who make 10 Downing Street tick


    Second time around: an in-depth look at the new Number 10 machine
    09 Jul 2015 Analysis
    Second time around: an in-depth look at the new Number 10 machine

    What do David Cameron’s changes at the centre tell us about his government? Jill Rutter from the Institute for Government analyses the new team around the PM


    Pre-Budget round-up: '100,000' job cuts, HMRC warning, tax & welfare plans
    06 Jul 2015 Analysis
    Pre-Budget round-up: "100,000" job cuts, HMRC warning, tax & welfare plans

    Ahead of Wednesday's budget, here's CSW's round-up of the civil service in the news, including the latest on possible job cuts, and a memo from the HMRC's Lin Homer on the latest "disappointing" demand for new savings


    Who is Matt Hancock, the new man in charge of civil service reform?
    11 May 2015 Analysis
    Who is Matt Hancock, the new man in charge of civil service reform?

    As Matt Hancock takes up post as Cabinet Office minister in charge of efficiency and civil service reform, Sam Faroqui assesses his career to date


    General Election 2015: The Civil Service World guide
    06 May 2015 Analysis
    General Election 2015: The Civil Service World guide

    As the country goes to the polls, here's CSW's full guide to what the 2015 election will mean for the civil service


    Changing of the guard: how the general election will shape select committees
    29 Apr 2015 Analysis
    Changing of the guard: how the general election will shape select committees

    Senior civil servants are used to facing tough questioning from select committees. Elizabeth Bates looks at what the next parliament might have in store for these powerful groups of MPs


    Suppliers and demand: Civil servants rate the government's strategic suppliers
    24 Apr 2015 Analysis
    Suppliers and demand: Civil servants rate the government's strategic suppliers

    Thirty three companies take the lion’s share of central government procurement spending, between them receiving roughly £10bn of Whitehall money each year. But who are they? Do they truly understand the public sector? And do civil servants trust them? Rebecca Sims-Robinson crunches the numbers.


    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries
    21 Apr 2015 Analysis
    Open all hours: How open data is helping some of the world's most impoverished countries

    Policy-makers around the world are using open data to bolster their development programmes, says Liz Carolan of the Open Data Institute


    Getting the detail right: preparing for coalition or minority government
    20 Apr 2015 Analysis
    Getting the detail right: preparing for coalition or minority government

    Whitehall expert Akash Paun gives a crash course in what to expect in the event of another indecisive election result


    What does the 2015 Conservative manifesto mean for the civil service?
    16 Apr 2015 Analysis
    What does the 2015 Conservative manifesto mean for the civil service?

    In the second of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Mark Rowe picks apart the Tory document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service


    What does the 2015 Labour manifesto mean for the civil service?
    14 Apr 2015 Analysis
    What does the 2015 Labour manifesto mean for the civil service?
    In the first of CSW's in-depth assessments of the party manifestos, Colin Marrs picks apart Labour's document to find out what the party has in store for the civil service
    'Some departments have been colonised by the sectors they sponsor' - former health secretary Andrew Lansley on working with the civil service
    31 Mar 2015 Analysis
    'Some departments have been colonised by the sectors they sponsor' - former health secretary Andrew Lansley on working with the civil service

    Former health secretary (2010-12) Andrew Lansley talks to Civil Service World about his best and worst experiences of working with the civil service


    'A touch of humanity that speaks volumes about civil service decency' - Caroline Spelman on her experience of Whitehall
    19 Mar 2015 Analysis
    'A touch of humanity that speaks volumes about civil service decency' - Caroline Spelman on her experience of Whitehall

    Former environment secretary (2010-12) talks to Civil Service World about her best and worst experiences of working with the civil service, clearing her desk post-reshuffle, and why she believes Whitehall training could be boosted by secondment to the private or voluntary sectors


    Budget 2015 guide: Sector-by-sector
    18 Mar 2015 Analysis
    Budget 2015 guide: Sector-by-sector

    Courtesy of our colleagues at Dods Monitoring, here's a sector-by-sector summary of the main measures in Chancellor George Osborne's Budget.


    Government must improve its digital customer experience
    03 Mar 2015 Analysis
    Government must improve its digital customer experience

    The government's customer service must better suit user needs, according to a CSW webchat


    Defence reform: a leopard can change its spots
    22 Dec 2014 Analysis
    Defence reform: a leopard can change its spots

    Lord Levene hails a ‘sea change’ at the MoD


    The Autumn Statement 2014: Sector by sector analysis
    04 Dec 2014 Analysis
    The Autumn Statement 2014: Sector by sector analysis

    The chancellor of the exchequer’s final Autumn Statement of this Parliament provided an update on the government's economic plans. Our sister service, Dods Monitoring, analysed the Statement sector by sector. 


    Autumn Statement 2014: What to expect
    03 Dec 2014 Analysis
    Autumn Statement 2014: What to expect

    Chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne is due to give his Autumn Statement today (Wednesday 3 December) at 12:30pm. So what can be expected?


    The road ahead: Simon Stevens outlines NHS roadmap at The Future of Health
    24 Nov 2014 Analysis
    The road ahead: Simon Stevens outlines NHS roadmap at The Future of Health

    We are doing well but we can do better, was the broad message of the day from chief executive of NHS England Simon Stevens at the Future of Health event on Friday, 21 November. 


    Your Country Needs You!
    21 Nov 2014 Analysis
    Your Country Needs You!

    Audrey Collins, a record specialist at The National Archives, looks back at the impact of the First World War on the civil service


    Gus O'Donnell: gathering the evidence
    17 Nov 2014 Analysis
    Gus O'Donnell: gathering the evidence

    Former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has spoken up for evidence-based policymaking – an approach often distorted by poor data or trumped by anecdotes


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