The new Magenta Book: Improving evaluation in Government
24th September 2026 by Matthew Daley
HM Treasury (HMT) and the Evaluation Task Force[1] (ETF) have published a major update to the Magenta Book[2], the UK Government’s central guidance on evaluation. In a blog to accompany the launch, the Civil Service[3] described it as a major shift in government evaluation standards, with a new...