Power with Purpose: Final report of the Commission on the Centre of Government

The Institute for Government’s Commission on the Centre of Government looked at why No.10, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury do not always work as well as they should and what could be done to radically improve the centre of UK government. This report is the product of a year-long research process involving evidence from a wide range of practitioners and experts, from former prime ministers to leading scientists, from senior civil servants in the UK and overseas to leaders in local government, the private sector and charities. This report sets out why the centre of government has failed successive prime ministers – and why it will continue to do so – and puts forward seven recommendations for radical reform. Whoever forms the next government will need to urgently implement these reforms in order to deliver their priorities and to tackle urgent challenges like climate change, the rise of artificial intelligence, a stagnant economy, increasing global instability and underperforming public services.