Collaboration
After 10 years scrutinising government accounts and trying to stop departments from squandering taxpayers’ cash, the comptroller and auditor general Sir Amyas Morse is standing down from the National Audit Office. Jess Bowie meets him.
Kevin Cunnington believes the central agency should be leading on the ideas that will be of interest to departments in two years’ time
Business department also aims to save £10m a year from research councils merger
One year on from the launch of the Fusion Doctrine, there are still obstacles to achieving this ‘whole-system’ approach towards national security objectives. CSW, in partnership with PA Consulting, hosted a roundtable to discuss the barriers to collaboration, and how government and industry can better work together. Geoffrey Lyons reports
Government evaluation finds every £1 spent on the programme delivers £2.28 in economic benefits, with largest benefits for children at serious risk
Ex-civil service chief says reforms are needed to increase the public’s trust in government and over how public services are funded
Tax agency says that it expects an increase in call centre inquiries as the UK leaves the European Union
The era of top-down public service delivery is giving way to a grassroots enablement mindset – and at a time when the chance to radically rethink government is more urgent than it has been for years
Awards will recognise best practice in corporate leadership, workspaces, technology, culture and people, and smarter working together
The government quickly became the UK’s fifth largest airline following the closure of Monarch Airlines. Eirik Pitkethly explains how the Department for Transport did it
The civil service is not immune to “new year, new you” delusions, and HM Treasury is the main offender, says Andrew Greenway
Three government departments collaborated to organise a major international conference on illegal wildlife trade in London last month. Conference director Andrew McCulloch explains how they did it