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

The Delivery Gap

Why Government Projects Really Fail and What Can be Done About It

By: Jonathan Simcock

Paperback | 22 September 2025

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In the wake of HS2's cancellation, Jonathan Simcock, Former Executive Director of the Major Projects Directorate of the Office of Government Commerce, provides answers. This eye-opening text draws on testimony from the Ministers, officials and project managers who have tried, and mostly failed, to deliver the country's biggest projects.

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