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The Good Governance Project seeks to improve the way the UK is governed by reengineering what government does and how public administration in Britain functions. We undertake research into the process of public administration, and publish proposals for meaningful reform.

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Reforming the Administrative State. Why Quangos fail and what to do about it

October 30, 2020

Unleash Innovation To Defend Our Freedoms: Why We Need US-Style Venture Capital to Make a UK DARPA Work

October 30, 2020

The Chancellor’s plan makes the need for Whitehall reform even more urgent

October 30, 2020

CityAM: Imagine if the state could be this effective all the time?

October 30, 2020

The shape of government to come

October 30, 2020

Government does an enormous amount – but so much of what it does could be done better. Many people in government strive to do good things, but too often public administration turns out to be opaque, dysfunctional, and wasteful.

The root cause of the problem is not a lack of people on the payroll or a lack of money, but poor management and a lack of transparency; decisions are often made ad hoc, arrived at as a consequence of political gimmicks and a media grid.

Instead, we need a system of public administration where clear outcomes and priorities can be established, and complex processes and projects managed with focus, foresight and rigour.

To bring serious strategic consideration to statecraft, Britain needs administrative institutions that can think wisely. We need institutions that can harness markets and science to offer solutions to complex challenges; they need to apply new capabilities, adjusting incentives and recruitment methods to ensure high-performing teams run administrative organisations.

Leaving the European Union offers us an opportunity to comprehensively reengineer the way public administration functions. The Good Governance Project will carry out the research to help make that happen.

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The Good Governance Project seeks to improve the way the UK is governed by reengineering what government does and how public administration in Britain functions. We undertake research into the process of public administration, and publish proposals for meaningful reform.

Reforming the Administrative State. Why Quangos fail and what to do about it

Unleash Innovation To Defend Our Freedoms: Why We Need US-Style Venture Capital to Make a UK DARPA Work

The Chancellor’s plan makes the need for Whitehall reform even more urgent

CityAM: Imagine if the state could be this effective all the time?

Fixing our broken politics

The shape of government to come

How to build a British DARPA