Public finances
Government and the Economy Series: UK Skills Strategy, a Panel Discussion with Nick Boles MP
Nick Boles MP leads a panel discussion on how to improve the development and content of UK skills strategies.
Guest blog: Get off the ring-fence
Emran Mian, Director of the Social Market Foundation, argues that declaring budget ring-fences one by one is no way to plan for cuts in the next parli
Adverse opinion: the DfE's struggle with academies
The NAO marks the DfE poorly.
Forecasting Government spending: why pointless numbers lead to pointless arguments
The debate so far has largely missed the fact that its starting point, the OBR’s deficit numbers, is the product of different assumptions.
Show me the money: Costing party policies in advance of the election
This morning the Conservatives released figures calculated by the Treasury which suggest that Labour’s manifesto contains £21bn of unfunded policies.
Autumn statement: Whitehall must set itself up for efficiency challenge
The Chancellor sets an ambitious goal - can it be achieved?
Let’s get fiscal: the implications of the Smith Commission Agreement
The next step for devolution.
Taking transparency to taskforce
Yesterday’s launch of the Open Contracting Data Standard marked a significant step in enabling governments to be more transparent about their contract
Whitehall Monitor 2014
Whitehall Monitor 2014 aims to chart government performance in a understandable, compelling and useful way driven by thorough data analysis.
A keynote speech by the Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, Minister of Wales: Our future union – a perspective from Wales
The Institute for Government will be hosting the First Minister of Wales, Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM.