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.
Pensions tax policy needs to be more than a political football
Successive governments have taken an unserious approach to pensions policy
Does Jeremy Hunt’s budget have a growth strategy?
Giles Wilkes goes in search of a growth strategy in the chancellor’s budget.
The Privileges Committee inquiry’s significance goes far beyond Boris Johnson’s future
Parliament's attitude to ministerial accountability is far more important than Boris Johnson's future.
DWP’s good intentions on disability support will be hard to implement
The new ‘Transforming Support’ white paper has its merits – but turning its contents into a humane and effective system will be no easy task.
A welcome NHS pay deal has taken too long to reach
The government may claim that its hardline approach paid off, but the six months of damage it has caused is surely not a price worth paying.
The latest HS2 delays expose deeper problems with UK infrastructure planning
HS2's troubled history points to deeper problems with the way the UK plans major infrastructure projects.
Six things we learnt from the spring budget 2023
What the chancellor's announcement revealed about the government's plans for tax and spending policy.
Illegal Migration Bill highlights how expectations of legislative scrutiny have plummeted
Expectations of parliamentary scrutiny of legislation have dropped over the past decade.
Keir Starmer’s job offer to Sue Gray causes a civil service headache
Sue Gray's move to become Keir Starmer's chief of staff could cause difficulties for the civil service.
Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp leaks should be a wake-up call for government
Matt Hancock’s messages reveal just how embedded WhatsApp is in the functioning of government.