Peter Riddell: ‘Better value and better services’ is a fine message but the hard work of the spending review lies ahead

Now Ministers must decide their priorities, and the Treasury must decide the financial constraints. Willing the end is insufficient without getting the detail right.

Peter Riddell: Minority government can work – and work well

It would be more constraining, unfamiliar and undoubtedly messy. But it need not be as bad as some fear.

Peter Riddell: What would a minority government be like?

They are likely to be less stable than coalitions because of the lack of a majority. That does not prevent them enduring,

Peter Riddell: Ministers and Mandarins – how politicians and civil servants can work better together

The Prime Minister needs to take a more visible role in promoting reform of the civil service against departmental interests.