Global Government Forum

Rewiring Whitehall: what 170 years of reform say about the civil service’s next chapter

From Victorian meritocracy to mission-led government, UK civil service reform has never been a single event. Instead, it has ...
The Spectator Australia

Reform is right to take on the civil service blob

There are risks. Reform must resist the temptation to demand from appointees any kind of commitment to support its policies. They should merely ask for a commitment from civil servants to suppress ...
Government Executive

A time machine tour of civil service reform

In 1895, science fiction writer H.G. Wells introduced the world to the concept of time travel. Pick a time, he told his dinner guests in The Time Machine, and manipulate a lever in his machine: “this ...

Voices: Is Labour’s ‘reform’ to the state just a cover for austerity 2.0?

Is Labour’s ‘reform’ to the state just a cover for austerity 2.0? - INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Balancing the nation’s books will not ...

Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with those ‘more likely to implement party’s priorities’

Exclusive: Senior party figures conclude outsiders or existing senior staff deemed more suitable should take over from current permanent secretaries ...
The Nation Newspaper

Civil service reform: Directors told to adopt performance management tools

Top management members of staff in the federal civil service have been urged to adopt the new Performance Management System (PMS), a key component of ongoing reforms under the Federal Civil Service ...