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.
Sunak's Plan for Growth resembles a shopping list not a balanced prospectus
Giles Wilkes is left unimpressed by the chancellor's Plan for Growth
Cooperation not confrontation should be at the heart of UK–EU discussions on the protocol
Jess Sargeant argues David Frost's confrontational style on the Northern Ireland protocol could backfire
The biggest tax-raising budget since 1993 – but further rises could well follow
Thomas Pope predicts that further tax rises are likely to be needed before the next election
Five rules to guide Keir Starmer’s response to Rishi Sunak’s budget
John McTernan says that five rules should guide Labour’s response to Sunak’s announcement
Rishi Sunak's budget: lessons learned, battles won, decisions ducked
Bronwen Maddox warns that the chancellor may yet be punished for his overly enthusiastic Eat Out to Help Out scheme
The Treasury’s move to Darlington lacks a clear route to succeed
The chancellor may live to regret putting politics first in his choice of location for the new Treasury office
The UK needs more ambitious science investment to build on Covid achievements
The UK's notable scientific triumphs during the coronavirus crisis are disguising wider problems
Six things we learned from budget 2021
We at the Institute for Government had six questions in mind ahead of the budget and this page provides our snap analysis in answer to those questions
Government needs to beware the easy promise of Covid certification
Covid certification is not a straightforward solution to returning the country to some form of pre-pandemic normality
Covid has exposed a need to return to ‘something for something’
The coronavirus crisis has highlighted gaps in the UK’s social security system