The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?

Britain’s employment support system is failing the people who need it most. Its backbone – Jobcentre Plus – remains a highly centralised, one-size-fits-all institution, despite the importance of local...

Mayors and local leaders will be given new powers with a levy on overnight stays as part of a devolution drive to shift power out of Westminster.

Civil service performance reform is long overdue. Here's how Burnham can make it stick

What the state capacity field can learn from metascience

The trustees of the Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum are disposing of its Harry Simpson Memorial Library in September, next month.

Devolution is moving into a new phase — but its institutional, practical and political implications are only beginning to emerge.

Since Charter 88, democratisation efforts in the UK have focused on constitutional reform to change the internal structures of the Westminster state. Today, however, the major challenge for democracy...

Prime minister’s opening devolution gambit does not lack ambition

The PM will set out his policy on fiscal devolution on Friday as part of his drive to deliver 'growth in every postcode' - but some areas could get a bigger chunk of cash

"As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham has promised to take power out of Westminster into every postcode in the land. This report sets out some excellent ideas about how this could be done - backing mayors ...

London-based civil servants willing to move north have been told they will be offered relocation packages, the BBC understands.

How the difficult leap between vision and policy will define his premiership

For Burnham to be successful in his mission to “take power out of the centre”, he needs a multimodal state that can shift between modes of public s...

Policy experts on how the next Prime Minister can turn the UK around

Devolution is a means of building a more capable state: one that can connect prevention, productivity, growth and fiscal sustainability.

All eyes are now, inevitably, on what comes next. We usually try and focus on a policy story that has gone under the radar in this newsletter. But with the Prime Minister’s

As we approach a change in leadership, the drive to fiscal devolution must continue.