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.
The shape of the Civil Service
Remaking the grade.
Decentralisation power plays
Everyone wants a piece of the decentralisation cake - but there are too many cooks and disagreements about who is head chef.
Streaming data
Civil service Fast Stream recruitment in six charts.
The updated guidance on the Osmotherly Rules
Civil servants running the biggest projects will now be directly accountable to Parliament.
By Prime Ministerial Appointment: the PM and Permanent Secretaries
An inevitable decision.
Honesty is the best policy
The civil service policy profession needs to keep talking about the progress it’s making.
Devo Gaps
Parties remain far apart on Scottish devolution plans.
In with a CEO – out with another Major Projects Authority head
The Major Projects Authority falls victim to rapid turnover syndrome.
How the Civil Service has changed - in six charts
We look at the data.
Civil Service Reform two years on
Some optimism and a little fear.