IFG in the news
30th March 2012
Institute for Government research suggests that 38% of voters will vote for change in the referenda on directly-elected mayors.
26th March 2012
Cities that elect a mayor have been promised 'bespoke powers' by central government but will they be enough to deliver real change?
16th March 2012
Several Government departments have increased staffing numbers according to Institute for Government research, raising questions about the effectiveness of cost cutting.
13th March 2012
Outsourcing police functions is not new and the discussion should not cause panic, argues Tom Gash, IfG Programme Director, in Guardian Society.
6th March 2012
The civil service needs to change faster and more radically than at any time since the second world war argues Peter Riddell.
6th March 2012
Civil servants have responded with dismay to a suggestion by cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood that policy-making could be outsourced.
5th March 2012
In an open letter to the new heads of the civil service, the Institute for Government calls for a review of how departments are run.
5th March 2012
Public services are at risk of failure unless the civil service develops better financial management skills, the Institute for Government warns.
5th March 2012
Radical reform in Whitehall is required to head off a looming crisis in public services, warns the Institute for Government.
5th March 2012
Peter Riddell argues that further Civil Service reform is vital.
6th February 2012
The Government is dealing with an unprecedented churn of senior civil servants with a majority of ministers now in posts for longer periods than their permanent secretaries.
2nd February 2012
Government departments need to make "fundamental changes" to successfully cut spending by 2015, spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.
23rd January 2012
Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers and current OBR (and ex-MPC) member Steve Nickell have given evidence.
9th January 2012
History is littered with the failures of cherished government policies...The failures make media headlines.
9th January 2012
Successful policies will need greater change in Whitehall: David Walker urges the Institute for Government to keep stacking up the ammunition.
20th December 2011
The latest employment figures from the Office of National Statistics make grim reading for all those working in and with the public sector...But which sections of the public sector are facing the w
19th December 2011
Civil servants across Whitehall are taking the biggest hit in terms of public sector job cuts, the Institute for Government has said, with 8,770 jobs going in the last quarter.
16th December 2011
The report by the respected Institute for Government found that Whitehall has been slashed by 10.9 per cent since the Spending Review last autumn, compared with 6.8 per cent for the non-Whitehall c
1st December 2011
Are we about to see Devolution Mark II? Is Westminster about to hand significant power back to the great cities of England?
1st December 2011
Cities are the heart of regional economies, they needs more powers so they can create jobs and drive growth, argues Sam Sims.