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.
Audacious policy implementation
Six questions from the 2001 Fuel Poverty Strategy.
Diversity in the Civil Service
Key trends.
A partially-reformed Civil Service
Not an unreformed Whitehall.
Separate space
Lessons from Scotland for the end of coalition.
ColaLife
A textbook case of innovative policy making and effective implementation.
Happy returns for the health reforms?
A year on from the Lansley reforms.
Why the Prime Minister is wrong on pre-election contacts
Both in principle and in practice.
Guest blog: In defence of special advisers
They exist for a reason.
It’s personal
Why reform in the Civil Service succeeds or fails.
The challenges of departmental reform
What does it take for an organisation to become “better but smaller”?