Second Edition

Editor’s Letter
Editor in Chief, Tim Dickson, introduces the Second Edition of Heywood Quarterly: ‘Ideas for the New Government’.

In conversation with… Lord (Terry) Burns
In this summary of an extensive discussion, Peter McDonald talks to the former Permanent Secretary to the Treasury about responding to crises, working with Ministers, solving problems and other reflections from a multifaceted career.

The risks of accountability sinks
Donald Marshall reviews The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Machines Make Terrible Decisions, and How the World Lost its Mind by Dan Davies.

Now is the time to think ahead
James Ancell, Head of Futures and Foresight, Joint Data and Analysis Centre, offers practical steps for civil servants to focus more on the longer term.

The truth about SpAds
Peter Cardwell reviews Tales Of The Unelected by Dan Corry, short stories from the world of the special adviser.

How to make English devolution work
Understanding the Greater Manchester model will help Whitehall deliver its priorities, says John Wrathmell, Strategy Director at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Let’s make mutualisation the new ‘third way’
Sharon White, until recently chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, says imaginative ownership models can improve our public services.

Has the OBR experiment been worthwhile?
Robert Chote, its first full time Chairman, explains how the UK’s Budget watchdog came about and examines some of the critiques it has faced.
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