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.
Politics of prosperity
It is crucial to create an enduring political consensus around new institutional arrangements for investment in infrastructure.
To bee or not to bee: giving science advice in government is not for the fainthearted
Scientific advice is a difficult job.
Alternatives to the pulpit
Politicians have always tried to influence our choices – and this week they are at it again.
Progress on progress: how (not to) measure prosperity
It is well known that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is ill-suited as a measure of material living standards.
Can BabyJo rescue No.10 and still maintain the coalition?
Jo Johnson's appointment as head of the No.10 Policy Unit signals a change.
Finance function: time for a Whitehall shake-up?
What’s the role of finance at the centre of any complex sets of organisations?
Building Capabilities: Wither the Department?
Sir Bob Kerslake may have a radical vision
Ministerial private offices need a boost
Ministers depend on them
Experience-based policymaking
Civil servants and the voluntary sector should learn from one another.
Mrs Thatcher’s other peculiarity
There are very few scientists in government.