Policy making
Is it time for a revolution in government economics?
Can we trust economic expertise to guide us to through the biggest policy challenges of the day?
How to make the right decisions on infrastructure
How government can deliver transport, energy and digital infrastructure that is fit for the future.
How to transform infrastructure decision making in the UK
How competing needs and perspectives can be balanced to improve three vital aspects of infrastructure policy: time, quality and cost.
Government must get better at showing how it uses evidence to make policy
If it wants to gain legitimacy with the public, the Government must make it easier for outsiders to understand the use of evidence in policy making.
In conversation with Robert Chote
The Institute of Government was delighted to welcome Robert Chote, Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, in conversation with Bronwen Madd
How to get better private finance deals for infrastructure
Ministers are hampering progress towards their own objective of increasing private investment in UK infrastructure at a good price.
Government still lacks a strategic approach to research
Departments need to develop more comprehensive strategies for accessing the evidence and research they need.
Parliament must help public inquiries deliver change
Parliament must play its part and ensure that the millions spent on inquiries are not wasted by holding the Government to account.
It’s time to put the National Infrastructure Commission on a statutory footing
The resignation of Lord Adonis as Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission shows it’s time to put it on a statutory footing, argues Nick Davies
European Investment Bank
Does Brexit mean the UK will leave the EIB?