Blick, Andrew and Jones, George W. (2010) The centre of central government. LSE Public Policy Group Working Papers (no. 3). Public Policy Group, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
The centre of central government comprises three sets of institutions: the Prime Minister’s Office based at 10 Downing Street; the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall, and HM Treasury at Great George Street. Together they form what some political scientists have called “the core executive”. How these key institutions operate is of first importance for the overall performance of decision-making across central government as a whole. We first review the modern history of these bodies, beginning in 1968. (For an overview of the longer term picture, see also the Annex which sketches the UK core executive from the first appearance of the Prime Minister role in the 1720s up to the 1960s). Next we analyse the key recurring questions that surround the centre of the machine. Third, we briefly consider some possible reforms that set an agenda for the next few years.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/LSEPublicPolicy/p... |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 the authors |
| Divisions: | Government Public Policy Group |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2010 12:16 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2024 19:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/28149 |
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