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.
The social investment approach to public spending in New Zealand: looking to the long term
Regression analysis: the pipeline of women leaders in Whitehall is badly blocked
Congratulations Mayor Khan – now it’s time to start governing
Crime fiction: policy won’t work if it’s based on myth not reality
The Prime Minister and the Liaison Committee
Seven challenges for making devolution work
Devolved elections 2016: politics and parliaments
How can we make tax policy (and budgets) better?
Freedom of Information appeals and reviews in 2015
Making the most of citizen complaints to improve services