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.
Short money
Cutting the cost of politics?
How Welsh public services benefit from cross-UK evidence exchange
Reflections on how the Welsh Government is demanding, creating and using evidence from across the UK to inform public service improvement in Wales.
How does the Spending Review look for the public sector?
We examine the details.
Select Committee Question Time
Hannah White picks out eight things we learned from our recent event.
Five things to watch for in tomorrow’s Spending Review
Julian McCrae looks at some of the things you should watch for.
Government needs to eat its own data
How to ensure government data is available, useful and used.
Whitehall Monitor 2015
The Coalition in 163 charts.
Answering the Scottish question
Scotland shouldn't be deprioritised.
What devolution deals will mean for the skills system
Dr. Jo Casebourne looks at what devolution means for the skills system in England as a whole.
Time to end Budgets’ special treatment
Jill asks whether the Treasury should continue to be allowed to exempt itself from the normal disciplines of policy making.