IfG in the news

How special advisers took over Westminster

28 MAY 2021

Tim Durrant, IfG associate director, explains how political advisers and Whitehall officials sometimes — though not always — work hand in glove.

20 OCT 2020 Report

How Boris Johnson's changes to the role of special advisers disempowered ministers and undermined the quality of decision making in government.

01 DEC 2020 Online event

1 December 2020

Dominic Cummings’s departure from Downing Street gives the government an opportunity to reassess how it uses special advisers.

26 FEB 2020 Explainer

Special advisers (SpAds) are political appointees hired to support ministers.

29 APR 2024 IfG in the news

Programme director Akash Paun speaks to the BBC about the role played by mayors and the future of devolution in Yorkshire.