Publications
Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government.
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Centre Forward
This report looks at how successive prime ministers have all had to grapple with the central machine to get a system that works best for them.
Government Contracting: Public data, private providers
This report looks at government spending with private service providers.
Pre-election Contact between the Civil Service and the Parties: Lessons from 2010
This report focuses on pre-election contacts by the Opposition specifically looking back at the 2010 pre-election contacts.
Year Five: Whitehall and the Parties in the Final Year of Coalition
This report focuses on how the Civil Service should work with the two coalition parties in year five of the coalition as each develops their plans.
Separate Space: The Final Year of the Scottish Coalition, 1999-2007
This paper explores the ‘separate space’ system that was set up to enable all major parties to access civil service policy support.
In defence of special advisers
The life of a special adviser and how the role might be made more effective.
The Irish Facility for Policy Costings
This case study examines how the costing facility operates in a run up to an Irish election.
Pre-election Policy Costing Mechanisms in Australia
This report examines two systems that enable political parties in Australia to have policy plans independently assessed and costed.
Dying to Improve
This report provides three short studies of the fate of three different improvement agencies.
Transforming Whitehall One Year On
This report considers the challenges leaders have faced while implementing change in Whitehall and outlines the approaches to overcoming them.