IFG in the news
4th September 2012
Cameron needs, as a recent Institute for Government paper argues, to convince a disengaged public
31st August 2012
Whitehall mandarins lack the commercial skills to commission services on behalf of taxpayers in the most efficient way, warns the Institute for Government.
31st August 2012
Poorly skilled civil servants are frustrating the Government's attempts to reform public services, says the Institute for Government.
24th August 2012
Stefan Stern's article raises important questions about the role of the Civil Service.
24th August 2012
Public bodies have helped make services more efficient says chair of the Public Chairs' Forum.
22nd August 2012
Cabinet Office has announced the latest savings from its cull of arm's-length bodies, the Institute's response is in much of today's coverage.
14th August 2012
As another female permanent secretary announces her departure from the Civil Service, Jill Rutter writes for
14th August 2012
Our discussion document published last year on finding quality candidates for police and crime commisioners has been cited in today's Independent newspaper, as pr
7th August 2012
Peter Riddell, speaking on Radio 4 Today programme on this week's Lords Reform announcements, said that the Programme f
1st August 2012
The Institute commented in The Independent newspaper today on the Cabinet Office's plans for a think tank to undertake research into international styles of governance.
30th July 2012
The Independent reports the Institute's concern over a dip in the number women at the top of Whitehall, citing
24th July 2012
The government's crisis management system faces one of its biggest tests this summer. Peter Riddell explains the role of Cobra.
23rd July 2012
The increase in the number of special advisers should be welcomed. The task now is in ensuring they are given all the tools they need to be effective.
19th July 2012
Our coalition research, cited in the New Statesman, argued that the government should re-visit the limit on the number of special advisers.
19th July 2012
It cannot be often that when a Bill completes all its stages of parliamentary scrutiny and becomes an Act that a distinguished commentator feels moved to publish a book a few months later entitled
17th July 2012
Akash Paun of the IfG assesses the latest coalition relaunch.
15th July 2012
Spending plans rather than Lords reform and boundary changes will break the Coalition.
12th July 2012
Nicholas Timmins reflects on how to prevent policy disasters like NHS reform happening again.
12th July 2012
Implementation of reforms to the health service is likely to prove messy.
11th July 2012
The revolt over Lords reform shows that it is time to review the nature of the Coalition, says Adam Afriyie MP.