by Stephen Webb | Apr 21, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition
Stephen Webb argues that we should replicate what we can from the style of administration that worked in earlier centuries Whitehall is in a beleaguered place. The appointment of Antonia Romeo as the new Cabinet Secretary had barely been announced before Reform... 
by Martin Fitches and Michael Leger | Apr 14, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition
Martin Fitches and Michael Leger say history teaches important lessons for today’s policymakers We are at a pivotal moment in the reshaping of the global economic order. Uncertainty is high. But it’s far from the first time in history that we have lived through such a... 
by Menna Rawlings | Apr 1, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Leadership and Reflections, Seventh Edition
Menna Rawlings reflects on three and a half decades as a diplomat – and on peaks women have yet to scale When I was eighteen, I completed the Tour du Mont Blanc with a group of school‑friends. It was one of my first trips outside the UK, and I was bowled over by the... 
by Tim Dickson | Mar 3, 2026 | Articles, Sixth Edition
Time to deliver It’s almost a quarter of a century since the Downing Street Delivery Unit was set up under New Labour, based on a proposal drafted before the 2001 election by Michael Barber, Jonathan Powell (Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff) and Jeremy Heywood (then... 
by Heywood Quarterly Team | Mar 3, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Sixth Edition
A summary of recent news and views you might have missed A new Downing Street Department In a report led by Helen MacNamara, former deputy Cabinet Secretary, the Future Governance Forum has proposed a new Downing Street Department, separate from the Cabinet Office.... 
by Peter Cardwell | Mar 3, 2026 | Articles, Sixth Edition
In this excerpt from his book Political Animals, Peter Cardwell describes Jeremy Heywood’s battle with the Cabinet Office cats. Mother-and-son duo Evie and Ossie patrol the corridors of the Cabinet Office, the central nervous system of government. This is where the...
