Is the UK economy at risk of countries or companies restricting the supply of key resources? Ian Mitchell and Serina Ng, economists from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, assess the risks. Last year, a new horizon- scanning …
Pete Thompson is Deputy Chief Executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, a government agency that applies science and technology to the defence and security of the UK. How did he get there? I’ve had a varied and interesting …
The Government proposes laws. Civil servants help turn those ideas into reality. Wally Ford from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport talks about one particularly high-profile example. In September 2011 the Government announced plans to make marriages between same …
Wellbeing is the subject of increasing attention from policy makers and Parliamentarians, says Lisa Ollerhead of the Analysis and Insights Team in Cabinet Office. The 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were a great success for our athletes. But what difference did …
The 2050 Calculator project has shown that, although transparency and openness can be challenging, they also have huge benefits. By Laura Aylett, Policy Analyst at the Department for Energy and Climate Change. The policy problem facing the Department of Energy …
The European Union Common Fisheries Policy had failed. Neil Hornby, Head of Sea Fisheries at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, tells how the UK helped turn that failure round. "For years people said the Common Fisheries Policy …
The international markets for oil and gas are undergoing a dramatic transformation. Civil servants in a number of Whitehall departments have an important role analysing market developments and advising the Government on how best to respond. Oil and gas are …
Data sharing between two government departments has had a huge impact on offenders’ lives, and points to new ways of working across other areas of government The Government’s Social Justice Strategy aims to provide the most disadvantaged in our society …
Disaster risks will change over the coming decades. Some level of risk must be accepted, but we can do much more to manage that risk and to build resilience. Natural hazards have always been with us. A devastating earthquake in …
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