Publications
A guide to best practice
2nd September 2011
An open letter to the Department for Communities and Local Government
31st August 2011
The Institute for Government has consulted widely on the mayoral model proposed in the Localism Bill. We engaged in conversation with stakeholders and experts through:
Lessons learnt from the existing mayoral local authorities
31st August 2011
Recommendations to help elected mayors be effective in their role.
Letter from Andrew Adonis to Eric Pickles
31st August 2011
In this letter, Lord Adonis presses for the office of elected mayor to be given greater powers over matters including planning and policing before referenda take place in 11 English cities.
Where next for Executive Agencies?
13th July 2011
The Institute for Government asked Kate Jenkins, author of the original report, to take a look at the agency model twenty years on and at what the Government needs to do now to make the most of the
Institute for Government briefing note
12th July 2011
The Prime Minister has set out a cross-governmental vision for the improvement of public services with the launch of the
2011 Interim Evaluation Report
27th June 2011
The Institute for Government's 2011 report on the progress of the Ministry for Justice's ‘Transforming Justice' programme.
How elected mayors can help drive economic growth in England's cities
14th June 2011
A comparison across six countries: working paper
9th June 2011
While the structures supporting the UK prime minister have changed dramatically over time, discussion about how to change or improve them rarely take international examples into account.
Evaluation methodology
1st June 2011
The Institute’s work with several departments on transformation has lead to the development of a real-time evaluation methodology.