Publications
Summary and Recommendations Paper
24th May 2011
This short report summarises the results, analysis and recommendations of the Institute for Government’s report The Challenge Of Being A Minister.
Defining and developing ministerial effectiveness
24th May 2011
Our report examines what makes a minister effective in being able to define and take forward his or her policy objectives.
The first year of coalition government
12th May 2011
The Institute for Government has published a major new report assessing the first year of coalition government.
Evidence and analysis
18th April 2011
This report looks at the attempts to improve policy making over the past fourteen years through looking at:
The future of policy making?
18th April 2011
This working paper looks at the future of policy making in a world of decentralisation and more complex problems.
Modernising ministerial accountability for decentralised public services
8th April 2011
The accountability of ministers to parliament is an established, ambiguous concept in British governance.
Oxymoron or hidden army?
8th April 2011
David Cameron said in January that he wanted to release a "hidden army of public sector entrepreneurs" in Whitehall. What did he mean by that? And is it realistic?
Some ideas from the select committee corridor
6th April 2011
The question I will try to address here is a simple one: what level and type of parliamentary scrutiny maximises the effectiveness of government?
The right role for parliament in public appointments
7th March 2011
The Institute for Government's report studies the role of parliament in the process of making major public appointments such as the Governor of the Bank of England, the Chair of the BBC Trust and the Chief Inspector of Schools.