Incisive commentary from the IfG’s expert team on issues facing government and key ministerial decisions.
From analysis of key political events such as budgets and party conferences to snap responses to unexpected developments such as government reshuffles, our writers set out their views and analyse what government gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it can do better.
Freedom of information and government effectiveness
Gavin Freeguard outlines the Institute for Government’s view on the Commission on Freedom of Information.
The ‘fatal power’ of the Lords
Peter Riddell discusses the implications of the Lords blocking tax credit cuts.
Getting government to show its workings
Our new evidence transparency framework will give citizens a tool to understand governmental transparency.
Independently-minded?
Catalonia’s nationalists lack the constitutional authority to move towards independence.
Diamond departments?
The grade structure of the Civil Service in 2015.
Handle with care
The 2015 Parliament.
UK productivity
From puzzle to plan.
Fiscal rules and knock-about politics don’t mix
The reason for having fiscal rules is being lost.
Women in the Civil Service, 2015
Emily Andrews and Gavin Freeguard dig deeper into the gender balance in the Civil Service.
The Civil Service in 2015
In seven charts.