Incisive commentary from the IfG’s expert team on issues facing government and key ministerial decisions.
From analysis of key political events such as budgets and party conferences to snap responses to unexpected developments such as government reshuffles, our writers set out their views and analyse what government gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it can do better.
Brexit at 10: Policy making
Brexit led to an almost unprecedented period of policy work.
Brexit at 10: Devolution
The UK’s vote to leave the EU immediately exposed divergent views across the UK.
Are private members’ bills the best way to decide difficult issues?
An IfG event revealed how private members’ bills could be reformed
Brexit at 10: Parliament
Much of the battle over what Brexit meant was fought out in parliament.
Brexit at 10: Regulation
Much of the argument for Brexit was regulatory.
Brexit at 10: The courts and the law
Brexit was a seismic legal and constitutional change for the UK.
Brexit at 10: UK foreign policy
The geopolitical shifts of the mid-2010s have only intensified in the decade since Brexit.
Brexit at 10: The civil service
Hannah Keenan looks back at being part of the ‘Brexit cohort’.
Brexit at 10: How has leaving the EU changed UK government?
The IfG looks back on a decade since the UK left the EU.
Brexit at 10: The economy
Whatever the rhetoric, exiting a large trading bloc was always going to hurt the economy.