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Nathaniel Amos

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How to abolish a public body: ten lessons from previous restructures

Public bodies are frequently abolished, but there is little public guidance on how to do this. This report sets out ten practical lessons to help ministers and civil servants to decide when abolitions should happen and then to manage them well.