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Policy Development

Levelling up lessons: how to make regional development work

Levelling up has become the UK government’s top priority, but it is not alone in considering how to boost its overlooked cities and regions. Jeffrey Matsu, CIPFA’s chief economist, shares […]

From ‘wicked’ problems to brilliant solutions: how governments should work with energy innovators to tackle climate change

Clean energy, accessible to all, is both a human right, and one of the most effective tools the world has to respond to the climate crisis. Yet energy poverty remains, […]

UK creates science & tech office with $10bn funding pledge

Boris Johnson’s government has announced a pivot towards science and technology as a means to deliver “solutions for the public good”, in a bid to capitalise on the UK’s success […]

Today’s headlines, tomorrow’s to-do list: key takeaways from the G7 for civil servants

The G7 leaders met in Cornwall last week, with an agenda dominated by the COVID-19 recovery. What tasks are likely to end up on officials’ desks? Karen Day reports on […]

Where science meets politics: policymaking in the pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic ripped across the world, it lent new urgency to an old question: how can governments improve how they solicit and act on scientific advice? A panel […]

Finance and governance are not the gatekeepers of innovation

At a recent event, senior leaders discussed how governance and processes can support new thinking. While siloes can be problematic, COVID has shown that collaboration is key. Adam Branson reports […]

Government must be more ambitious on devolution and investment to ‘level up’ the UK

The government needs to invest more in people – not just infrastructure – and distribute power away from the centre to address regional inequality, writes Anna Round of the Institute […]

Data scientists out of the basement and in front of decision-makers

For the analytics and insights from the data science department to really make a difference, we must bring them closer to leadership Where do your data scientists sit? Perhaps they […]

UK considers in-house consultancy amidst No10 in-fighting

A new element of the UK’s civil service reform agenda emerged this week, as one of the project’s principal architects announced his departure from government. Dominic Cummings, the former Vote […]

Join ACCA’s Upcoming Virtual Public Sector Conference: Reinvigorating the public sector – Transformation through crisis

2020 marks the 10th anniversary of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants’ (ACCA’s) International Public Sector Conference – a flagship event for the public sector, globally. In recent years, the […]