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Select committees under scrutiny
The Institute for Government publishes new research.
The challenge of the 2015 Spending Review
We unpack.
What can we learn from yesterday’s Treasury announcement about the coming Spending Review?
Julian McCrae thinks the numbers in the announcement may not be that comforting for the fiscal hawks.
Women and Whitehall
How did Whitehall change after 1979 – and what does that mean for its future?
How the 2015 Spending Review will differ from 2010
The Institute for Government and the Institute for Fiscal Studies examine the challenges for the 2015 Spending Review.
Select committees in the 2015 parliament
In the aftermath of the election the shape of the select committee system in the new parliament is now beginning to emerge.
Speaking truth to power – from the crossbenches
How quickly should civil servants go public on their former responsibilities?
Mapping the government
The location of ministers’ constituencies.
Civil service reforms will continue, says Matthew Hancock – but more nicely
Civil service reforms will be done differently.
The Cameron centre takes shape
An empowered Prime Minister starts making choices.