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.
How innovative is Whitehall?
Making an evidence check work
After Nick: what the Treasury (and the rest of us) needs in its next permanent secretary
2016: high stakes for the Government and the UK
Ministers Reflect: on the Treasury
Jill Rutter examines some of the key messages.
The Spending Review
What really happened.
How Whitehall responds to Freedom of Information requests
We unpack the data.
Ministers Reflect: on special advisers
Yesterday, the Cabinet Office released new data on special advisers (spads), the political appointees who help ministers navigate government.
How can local public services get better at learning from each other?
Dr. Jo Casebourne looks at the issues.
Civil Service staff numbers at the Spending Review
The Civil Service gets smaller, but is not yet small enough for the government.