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‘Neither Unified, Nor Uniform – So What Civil Service for the Twenty-First Century?

Francesca GainsDave Richards By and Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

In the final part of our special series on the Civil Service, Francesca Gains and Dave Richards sum up the debate and assess the future of the service during a period of great change. The most striking theme to emerge from the Policy@Manchester series of Civil Service ‘stocking-taking’ blogs by Martin Stanley and Colin Talbot […]

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After the ‘No’: Constitutional Reform must not be by the Elites for the Elites

Martin SmithSandra LeónDave Richards By , and Filed Under: All posts Posted:

The constitutional debate unleashed by the Scottish Independence Referendum has revealed many of the contradictions and problems of the British political system. The result effectively undermines the notion of the Westminster model and the underlying principle of Parliamentary (in realty Executive) Sovereignty. The Westminster model is based on an idea of indivisible sovereignty, accompanied by […]

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Breaking the Rules and Paying the Price: the lessons of Tony Benn, Cabinet Minister

Dave RichardsMartin Smith By and Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

Tony Benn found that without the help of officials, having radical ideas as a minister didn’t get him very far. On the day the veteran MP is laid to rest, Dave Richards and Martin Smith reflect on their interviews with Benn, his Cabinet colleagues and officials. Obituaries of Tony Benn considered his roles as campaigner, […]

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Wanted: a Haldane fit for the 21st century

Dave RichardsMartin Smith By and Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted:

Relationships between civil servants and ministers have become increasingly antagonistic, write Professors David Richards and Martin Smith. With incoherent reforms to the policy process and confusion over where accountability lies, there is a pressing need for reform – and for someone to lead it.   The current imbroglio surrounding the Universal Credit scheme appears to […]

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