Civil service
Absent resignations
At our event on great resignations Andrew Adonis said civil servants never resign because they don't believe in anything. Should they?
PAC introduces the "Hodge doctrine?"
The Public Accounts Committee hearing on the continuing problems in the Rural Payments Agency, a step towards more civil service accountability.
See-through Whitehall
The Institute believes the Business Plans represent a positive step but there is still a long way to go.
The king is dead, long live the kings!
With the announcement of Sir Gus O’Donnell’s resignation as Cabinet Secretary, the role is now to be split.
Pass the parcel (or The buck stops where?)
Ministerial and civil service accountability for big projects needs to be clarified to ensure that the buck stops where it should.
Putting out the FiRe
Another week, another example of a big government project failing at scale.
Bonfire or damp squib: the real story behind civil service headcount
According to reports there is an apparent explosion in the recruitment of civil service and quango bureaucrats since the last election.
Supporting the Prime Minister
Comparing Number 10 to the support prime ministers receive in other countries shows that the Centre needs to be turned on its head.
Transformation in the Ministry of Justice
The Institute for Government's 2011 report on the progress of the Ministry for Justice's ‘Transforming Justice' programme.
How well do business and government understand each other?
Editorial Intelligence and the IfG held a breakfast seminar to discuss 'How well do business and government understand each other?'