Public Policy Design & Delivery

‘We must reform WHO now’, says UK chief medical officer

The chief medical adviser to the UK government has called for an urgent reform of the World Health Organisation (WHO), after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa revealed that “we […]

More sexual assaults and self harm in privately-run prisons, UK government data shows

British prisons run by private companies account for a higher proportion of fighting, sexual assaults, drug-taking, self-harming, hunger strikes, and prisoner escapes than public-sector prisons, according to analysis by The […]

Think tank has cross-party backing but some of its ideas are ‘incompatible with the law’

Radical proposals to reshape the British civil service have been deemed unlawful by the independent body overseeing civil service appointments. New think tank GovernUp, which launched a set of wide-ranging […]

Analysis: ideas for radical reforms to the British government

For the first time since the Second World War all three major parties in Britain have current or recent experience of government: the present administration is made up of a […]

Former UK cabinet secretary calls for more open primaries

Former UK cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell has called for more members of parliament to be installed through primary elections to improve diversity in the British government. Speaking in an exclusive […]

Gus O’Donnell, Former UK Cabinet Secretary: Exclusive Interview

Retired head of the UK civil service Lord O’Donnell tells Global Government Forum how parliament should be reformed and why the UK’s upper house is too big He is dubbed the […]

Greece to review public spending and increase efficiency

Greece has today pledged to review public spending, make central and local government bodies more efficient and to identify savings in each government department. The proposals, which stop short of […]

Indian officials asked to refrain from booking 5-star hotels

Senior civil servants in India have been asked to refrain from holding conferences and meetings in five-star hotels and to follow the austerity code, according to media reports. Cabinet Secretary […]

UK ‘almost most centralised developed country’, says Treasury chief

The UK is “almost the most centralised developed country in the world”, UK government finance chief Sharon White has told a public debate. Speaking at an event organised by a […]

Scandinavia hailed as success at World Economic Forum

Scandinavian countries are the most successful in the world at fighting wage inequality, a leading economist told the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Christopher Pissarides (pictured), professor of […]