Prepare for government!

Total Politics looks at pre-election contacts ahead of the 2015 general election. Peter Riddell, Director at the Institute for Government, told the magazine: 

 “A challenge for Whitehall now is how you ensure that governing carries on whilst recognising that people are increasingly thinking electorally. It’s a challenge for politicians as well as civil servants…

“Everyone knows what happens under a single-party government and a major opposition party. It’s much more complicated [with a coalition]. One of the partners may be aligned to the opposition party in 15 months’ time. How do the civil servants behave?”

The Institute for Government's project, Year 5: Whitehall and the parties in the final year of coalition, is due to report later in Spring 2014.