Incisive commentary from the IfG’s expert team on issues facing government and key ministerial decisions.
From analysis of key political events such as budgets and party conferences to snap responses to unexpected developments such as government reshuffles, our writers set out their views and analyse what government gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it can do better.
Clinton’s defeat and the experience of women leaders in the UK
Nicola Hughes digs into our Ministers Reflect archive to look at the experience of women leaders in the UK
Brexit: How immigration powers could be devolved
There continues to be significant debate over UK immigration policy
What Donald Trump’s victory means for democracy and government
Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States
Four key principles for post-Brexit international trade
Oliver Ilott argues that the UK needs to consider four key principles when formulating its post-Brexit trade policy
Could the UK get an interim deal on Brexit?
A future deal with the EU could take far longer to agree than the two years allowed under Article 50
Ready for ‘The Donald’: How might Whitehall prepare for a Trump win?
The right-field candidacy of Donald Trump will be raising its own problems.
Brexit: Four options for the UK’s services industry
Ines Stelk says there are four options for future trade with the EU that offer the best deal
The High Court’s ruling v the Government’s plan to trigger Article 50
The High Court has ruled that the Government cannot kick off the process of the UK leaving the EU without the consent of Parliament
Making a success of digital government
The success of digital reform in this Parliament will rely on a new kind of leadership – involving the whole of government
Reading between the lines of the Nissan deal
The Government has said to Nissan that the Brexit deal will avoid tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade