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What’s wrong with the centre of government – and how can we fix it?
A weak No.10 Downing Street compulsively micro-manages. The Cabinet Office is bloated and unwieldy. The Treasury dominates decision-making. And prime ministers often find that the levers of power aren’t working.
So what is going wrong with the centre of government? What can be done to fix it? And, as a general election approaches, what difference would a re-designed centre mean for either Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer?
A new Institute for Government report – the result of a year-long commission on the centre of government – has examined the problem and come up with some radical recommendations…
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