Blogs and Comment

How seriously should we take the Treasury’s renewed interest in what public spending achieves, asks Martin Wheatley.

Civil service reform is not a zero sum game where ministers win and civil servants lose, says Martin Wheatley, the research director of the Commission for Smart Government. Now is the time to make positive change for all.

The new approach to departmental planning can only really succeed if the Government can define properly what its small number of priority goals are, writes Martin Wheatley.

The Government is set to fail if it cannot link spending credibly with its intentions, and drive remorselessly for getting best value out of every pound, writes Martin Wheatley.