IfG in the news
Special advisers: focus on quality, not quantity
Peter Hoskin reviews Nick Hillman's essay on the role of special advisers in Whitehall and Westminster.
Related content
26 MAR 2013
Report
Supporting Ministers to Lead
This paper addresses the question of whether ministerial private offices provide the right kind of support to enable departmental secretaries of state
25 MAR 2014
Report
In defence of special advisers
The life of a special adviser and how the role might be made more effective.
09 APR 2024
IfG in the news
England’s promising experiment with metro mayors
The FT editorial highlights IfG recommendations on English devolution and piloting tax revenue sharing models.
08 APR 2024
IfG in the news
‘Flexibility can be helpful’: why PM can choose UK general election date
Joe Owen comments in The Guardian on the impact of the uncertainty of the election date on civil servants.