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If the Conservatives win the coming general election, there will be some new language for the Civil Service to learn.

Peter Riddell, Senior Fellow, has compiled this list for the Institute for Government after consultation with members of the Conservative Shadow Cabinet and advisers.

It is not intended as a deep piece of research but to stimulate, provoke and entertain.

These lists of terms are suggestive of differing approaches and thinking rather than always direct contrasts.

Out	In
Delivery/roll-out Investment Demand side Top-down Target Regional State Strategy Evidence based Partnership agreements Stakeholder Active centre	Implementation Spending Supply side Bottom-up Payment-by-results Local Society Business Plan Principles based Post-bureaucratic state Social Responsibility Departments

 

Of course, a returned Labour government might also bring some changes in language:

• entitlements (rather than targets)
• smarter (rather than smaller)
• 'my.gov' (instead of 'direct.gov').

More about the adjustments required in Whitehall following a transition of government.