政府研究所：2025年过去独立政策审查的经验教训报告（英文版）

Independent reviews can be a useful tool in the policy making process. They can bring in expertise, bolster credibility and create political distance to help make progress on complex or contentious issues. The Labour government has in its first six months in office set up over a dozen such reviews to examine important policy areas, from social care to housing, even though the prime minister has now expressed scepticism about whether it is right for ministers to “outsource” policy thinking in