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Round-Up – 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....
Reclaiming the future: The UK’s chance to catch up
Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and Spain think about the long term in very different ways to us, says Philip Bray Folded into the seat on a plane back from Seoul, or under the Channel on a train home from The Hague, or blearily waiting for a delayed Piccadilly Line...
Can democracies solve long-term challenges?
Lucy Smith argues that democracies need not be short-sighted I have clear memories of the summer of 1991, which I spent with my French exchange Cécile and her large extended family in an enormous, falling-down house in the Brittany countryside. The family called this...
The role of relationships in modern government
Ray Shostak, Richard Bell and David Robinson explore the power of human connection in public services Frontline services are, as their name suggests, delivered at the frontline – in communities. As a result a person’s experience of government is shaped as much by the...