Policy making
Rishi Sunak’s “wholly new kind of politics” does not bear scrutiny
The prime minister should raise his sights beyond short-term party-political point scoring.
Rachel Reeves has made welcome moves to improve fiscal policy making
Liz Truss's autumn mini-budget is a lesson in how not to do fiscal policy.
ULEZ and its expansion
What is London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone, and why has its expansion caused such controversy?
Rishi Sunak's net zero strategy is not more honest and pragmatic
The prime minister has risked politicising the climate crisis and breaking the net zero consensus.
Three things we learnt from Liz Truss’s speech at the IfG
Liz Truss has defended the decisions she took as prime minister – but do her arguments stack up?
In defence of the UK’s unwritten political constitution
The UK constitution has been under pressure in recent years, but it is not broken or in disarray, writes guest author Brian Christopher Jones.
The stars are aligning for an autumn of distracted government
Rishi Sunak faces a trying autumn of difficulties and distractions.
A full statutory inquiry is needed into the Letby murders
A thorough assessment is what families deserve and what only a statutory inquiry can provide.
How is evidence used in tax policy making?
A key tenet of good policy making, including on tax, is use of the best available evidence.
Briefings and barges do not make for good asylum policy
The government’s ‘small boats week’ may fill a recess-shaped hole in the media grid, but won’t help the prime minister ‘stop the boats’.