by Justine Greening | Sep 23, 2026 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
Justine Greening recalls a checklist she once wrote for Sir Jeremy Heywood Editor’s introduction: HM Treasury is arguably the UK’s most high-profile and most important government department. Its culture, its processes, its range of expertise and its ways of...
by John Kingman | Sep 23, 2026 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Ninth Edition
John Kingman responds to Justine Greening’s critique of HM Treasury Editor’s introduction: HM Treasury is arguably the UK’s most high-profile and most important government department. Its culture, its processes, its range of expertise and its ways of...
by Adam Coutts, Matt Leach and Maria Pravda | Jun 25, 2026 | Articles, Delivery, Devolution Collection, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Mid-Term Transitions Series, Policy Insights
A new Prime Minister must tackle welfare immediately, say Adam Coutts, Matt Leach and Maria Pravda – here’s where to start A mid-term transition creates disruption – but it also creates an opportunity to look again at government priorities and how they are being...
by Charles Donald | May 13, 2026 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Featured article, Leadership and Reflections, Seventh Edition
Charles Donald reflects on the first ten years of the Government’s in-house corporate finance boutique For a former investment banker still relatively unfamiliar with the wider policy dynamics of Whitehall, it was a baptism of fire. Five days into my new job as CEO of...
by Stephen Aldridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Economy and Industry, Fifth Edition, The Budget Collection, The Top Articles of 2025
Stephen Aldridge highlights three charts with a striking message for the UK Economic dynamism is the process by which a country’s labour, capital and ideas are reallocated towards more productive uses. It allows high-performing firms and sectors to expand, while...
by Mario Pisani | Oct 14, 2025 | Articles, Economy and Industry, Fifth Edition
Mario Pisani on a history lesson that is relevant to all civil servants Money is one of the best examples of a human-inspired idea which has endured since the beginning of civilisation. Indeed, sterling is the oldest currency in the world still in continuous use...