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Editor’s Letter

by Tim Dickson | May 27, 2026 | Articles, Seventh Edition

History’s lessons There are several surprising and provocative insights in the recent Heywood Quarterly podcast on public sector leadership, which took as its starting point a fascinating study on failing schools in England. One that stood out to me is that the...

What AMR teaches us about policy innovation

by Sally Davies | May 19, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition

Professor Dame Sally Davies calls for new thinking to mobilise governments, health systems and communities In 2024, an off-Broadway Scottish musical called The Mould That Changed The World (now renamed Lifeline) was performed on the floor of the United Nations,...

Editor’s Letter

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...

Round-Up – Sixth Edition

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....

Reclaiming the future: The UK’s chance to catch up

by Philip Bray | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition

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...

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