IFG in the news
3rd March 2013
Sir David Nicholson should not be forced out over the Mid-Staffs scandal, says Nicholas Timmins senior fellow at the Institute for Government.
28th February 2013
The government is seeking to shake up the civil service, with reports surfacing of strained relations between ministers and officials and complaints that some mandarins are blocking policy.
22nd February 2013
One way government can improve the evaluation of the local impact of national decisions is to reflect on the current spending review framework to provide a more stable, rigorous and transparent dec
19th February 2013
Analysis of the Civil Service people survey by the Institute for Government shows that senior civil
29th January 2013
Allowing ministers to choose their own permanent secretaries would be “the first step down the road to personal patronage and politicisation,” warned Sir David Normington at an Institute for Govern
23rd January 2013
Breaking down silos, building cross-party alliances and limiting reshuffles are key ingredients, says the Institute for Government.
23rd January 2013
The games hold plenty of pointers to effective and successful delivery, writes Peter Riddell, Director of the Institute for Government.
21st January 2013
A committee of MPs has criticised the prime minister and his top civil servant for failing to investigate allegations that a cabinet minister
16th January 2013
A discussion on civil service skills with the director general of civil service reform and an expert panel including Peter Thomas of the Institute for Government.
15th January 2013
Ministers and civil servants should stop attacking each other over civil service reform, the Institute for Government has said.
10th January 2013
The government's civil service reform plan has failed to address silos within Wh
10th January 2013
The mid-term review of the coalition's achievements is better than governments have delivered in the past – ie nothing – the Institute for Government has said.
7th January 2013
Organisations like the Institute for Government think-tank had cautioned against carrying on without a mid-term review because doing so would make the likelihood of large-scale rebellions and disqu
7th January 2013
David Cameron and Nick Clegg are preparing to make pledges on childcare costs, help towards care costs for the elderly and infrastructure investment as part of their mid-term review to be delivered
5th January 2013
Tensions between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats may create a 'perfect storm' in Whitehall which blows the Government off course in 2013, according to the Institute for Government.
2nd January 2013
Responding to the new Cabinet Office report on public bodies, Jill Rutter of the Institute for Government said that while getting rid of defunct bodies is a useful way of decluttering, this does no
20th December 2012
Moves to give ministers more say over the appointment of senior civil servants would not threaten Whitehall’s independence, Francis Maude has insisted.
20th December 2012
Peter Riddell, director of the Institute for Government, welcomed the publication of top civil servants' performance objectives, and said it would enable better scrutiny by those inside and outside
14th December 2012
The Institute welcomed the review and said the coalition agreement had proved useful to civil servants by "clarifying the policy compromises and shared values underpinning the coalition".
14th December 2012
Bernard Jenkin, Chair of the Public Administration Select Committee, says ministers need the power