Civil Service Quarterly 16: Editorial
Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health Welcome to this 16th edition of Civil Service Quarterly. In this edition, we cover a wide range of issues: from Brexit preparations to a...
View ArticleCrossing the ‘Valley of Death’ – how we can bridge the gap between policy...
Tony Meggs, Chief Executive, Infrastructure and Projects Authority The ‘Valley of Death’ may sound an overly dramatic description for the gap between developing a policy and putting it into effect....
View ArticleThe CSQ Interview: Dr Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director, Policy Lab, Cabinet...
Curiosity, creativity and a can-do culture – the Lab collective Dr Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director, Policy Lab What is Policy Lab? Why are you called a 'lab'? We are an award-winning start-up in...
View ArticleReflections on the first three years of the New Zealand Policy Project
Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of Policy Profession, New Zealand Government During my recent trip to the UK, Chris Wormald, Head of the UK Civil Service Policy Profession, asked me to share my perspectives,...
View ArticleParliament and the Civil Service
Rt Andrea Leadsom MP, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons Parliament is the centre of our democracy. Civil servants are always interested in what goes on there and how it...
View ArticleFrom Asda to Belmarsh – how government is attracting the best prison officers
Prison officers are an essential part of the justice system. But between 2010 and 2016, prison officer numbers dropped by nearly 25%, while the numbers of offenders in custody increased. The Ministry...
View ArticleRobots lend government a helping hand
James Merrick-Potter, Head of Robotic Automation Unit, Cabinet Office Daniella Chrysochou, Robotic Process Automation Centre of Excellence, Cabinet Office Popular culture typically takes futuristic...
View ArticleWhy innovation is the key to growing the UK economy
Crashing cars in the desert might not sound like something that can help scale the grand challenges we face as a country, but researchers and businesses are learning from a range of innovations to...
View ArticleLocation, location, location – tapping the economic potential of geospatial data
One of the favourite sayings of the Ordnance Survey is that everything happens somewhere. Combine this with the digital sector – based on digital computing technologies – and you can see the vast...
View ArticleAccelerating innovation in defence and security
Heather-Fiona Egan The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) does things differently to find and fund exploitable, innovative ideas to overcome defence and security challenges across government....
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