IFG in the news
11th December 2012
The Big Lottery Fund and the Institute of Government have formed a partnership aimed at influencing government policy.
11th December 2012
Francis Maude is expected to have his plan for secretaries of state to appoint their own senior civil servants rejected by Sir David Normington, head of the Civil Service Commission.
7th December 2012
Swingeing cuts at the Department for Transport, together with rushed implementation of changes to rail franchising policy, lie at the heart of the West Coast rail fiasco, according to a damning rep
6th December 2012
A report into the collapsed West Coast Mainline franchise deal was published today. Peter Riddell, Director of the Institute for Government, said:
6th December 2012
Autumn statement is "further long-term blow" to public services say FDA and Prospect.
5th December 2012
According to the Institute for Government, 53,000 civil servants have already gone – with a further squeeze to come after Wednesday’s Autumn Statement – and the cuts have left some departments in a
27th November 2012
Approval of Lord Heseltine's detailed blueprint for growth by the Treasury should not be viewed as a switch to an economic Plan B, the peer has insisted.
23rd November 2012
Ministers aim to raise the pace and performance of policy implementation. They want clear objectives, but who will become more accountable – politicians or civil servants?
20th November 2012
Whitehall business plans that were dubbed as a radical performance measure two years ago are impractical and lack political backing, say the Institute for Government.
20th November 2012
The Institute for Government found that the departments’ non-executives, largely private sector business leaders, complained that the business plans produced by Whitehall “bear little resemblance t
19th November 2012
The 'psychological contract' between the top of Whitehall and staff has been broken.
15th November 2012
Responding to recent criticism of Whitehall structures from the indepe
14th November 2012
The education secretary’s “zero-based” review means 1,000 civil servants would face redundancy while many remaining officials would take on more flexible roles...Peter Thomas, programme director fo
7th November 2012
An assessment of the government as it reaches its halfway point, and predictions of the pitfalls that lie ahead.
7th November 2012
Some top civil servants have deliberately obstructed plans that ministers want implemented, according to Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
7th November 2012
The Institute for Government carried out a detailed examination of how 17 departments had dealt with the deficit-driven imperative to cut 50,000 staff from the civil service in just 18 months.
7th November 2012
The civil service must adopt "radical news ways" of working to cope with cuts described by civil servants as "salami slicing…with some great big chunks", the Institute for Government has warned.
7th November 2012
Savage cuts to Whitehall staff have left departments in a "fragile" state, with morale at an all-time low, warns the Institute for Government today.
7th November 2012
The Institute of Government says departments are fragile, morale is at risk and leaders will need to work very differently if more cuts are to come.
6th November 2012
Senior managers fear outsourcing will lead to an 'unchallenged policymaking process', but this need not be the case.