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Will this policy work?

Posted by: Sumayyah Tasnim, Posted on: 15 July 2020 - Categories: Blog posts, Evaluation, Resources for civil servants

Five questions to help policy makers understand if their policy is working.

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The Trial Advice Panel: supporting a more experimental government

Posted by: Edward Orlik, Posted on: 4 May 2018 - Categories: Blog posts, Resources for civil servants
The Trial Advice Panel offers free advice to civil servants whoa re thinking about conducting a trial.

Over the past 5 years, the What Works Team has championed what we call the ‘What Works approach’ as a better way of making policy across government: identifying problems using good data, designing a solution using the best evidence available, …

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What Works is about bringing better evidence and experimental techniques to bear on public policy.

The Cabinet Office What Works Team coordinates the What Works Network and the Cross Government Trial Advice Panel, and we work within government to improve policy through evidence use and experimentation.

In this blog, we bring together examples of best practice and resources for civil servants who want to find out what works and put robust evidence to good use.

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