The Delivery Gap: Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can be Done About It

The Delivery Gap is by Jonathan Simcock, who was himself involved in overseeing the delivery of large-scale projects for the UK government. The book is interesting not only for its insider analysis of what needs to change for the UK to do better—though the catalogue of projects that have wasted colossal amounts of time and money and not gone as planned is worrying. It’s also a good way to get a glimpse of what’s happening across a wide range of aspects of British life—including defence, welfare, the NHS—from a public sector perspective.