Many people outside government talk about the benefits of transparency in opening up the work of government to the public, but there is much less discussion of how transparency can benefit government itself. Based on seven case studies, this report focuses on how taking a more transparent approach can help government achieve its objectives.

Public services depend on happy, stable workforces to keep the public safe, healthy and well educated. But public sector workforces face problems - from loss of experienced staff to high turnover and vacancies. This report outlines the recent workforce trends and the impact of poor retention on public service performance.

The period from 2010 to 2016 has been rightly hailed as transformational for the UK offshore wind sector. This report looks at how the government initiated, designed and implemented offshore wind policy in the years 2010–2016.

Good use of data is critical to good policy-making and the effective running of public services. This report, produced with funding from the Nuffield Foundation, explores how data can be collected, managed and used more effectively across the justice system. The authors examine the organisations and processes leading up to, during and after court and...

This report documents how different types of evidence feed into tax policy-making. It aims to help external stakeholders understand how the evidence they produce is used and how they could better feed into policy-making, and offers the government recommendations for how it can use such evidence more effectively.