Civil service
A year of war in Ukraine
Peter Ricketts, the UK’s former national security adviser, joined us to discuss the Ukraine crisis.
Government communications in 2023 and beyond
How to make government communications more effective.
Government redesigns like Rishi Sunak’s would be helped by consistency across Whitehall
One of the reasons ‘machinery of government’ changes are so disruptive is that departmental systems are conflicting and incompatible.
Civil service pay
We look at the average salaries across government departments.
David Davis’s frustrations with the civil service overlooks where problems really exist
Ministers who blame civil servants for problems are overlooking their power to shape how they work with officials.
Impermanent Secretaries: The Cabinet Reshuffle
Paul Waugh, chief political commentator at the i paper, joined us to discuss Rishi Sunak's reshuffle.
Bird flu is another warning to improve the UK’s resilience
The government must take the new strain of H5N1 extremely seriously.
100 days of Sunak
The Spectator’s Isabel Hardman joins the IfG podcast team to weigh up Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days as prime minister.
Collapsing civil service pay undermines the government’s ability to deliver
Why the civil service strike demonstrates the risks of the government’s attempt to hold down pay.
Whitehall Monitor 2023
How the civil service has changed and performed in 2023, and its priorities for the future.