This report examines how employment support for people out of work due to ill health or disability in England can be redesigned to be more effective. It critiques failed centralised models, explores the opportunities and risks of devolving support to local government, and sets out eight recommendations to deliver a renewed, locally led approach to...

This paper outlines how ministers can be effective leaders of public service reform and drive change across the system. Drawing on studies of successful public service reform in the United Kingdom, it explores what effective leadership looks like in public service reform, and the lessons this holds for current and future ministers.

The Labour Government in the United Kingdom (UK) has set itself the mission of markedly raising the UK's growth rate. This report sets out the underlying problems with the way the Government – like many previous governments – approaches growth policy and how the centre can be reformed to better equip it to take tough...

Public inquiries have become more prominent in the UK but are increasingly slow, costly and ineffective, weakening public trust. This analysis identifies the underlying drivers and recommends targeted reforms to ensure inquiries are fit for purpose and better able to deliver meaningful outcomes for victims and the public.

As ministers turn to civil servants for fast advice, it is vital to understand how to do it well. This report focuses on ‘urgent priorities’ that demand a fast response but fall outside the bounds of genuine crises or emergencies. It sets out how civil servants can be better supported to deliver robust advice at...