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.
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
Bernard Jenkin reveals more about his inquiry into the Civil Service
Bernard Jenkin MP, Chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, spoke at the Institute for Government last week
What the Government needs to demonstrate before it pulls the Article 50 trigger
Theresa May will trigger Article 50 ‘no later’ than the end of March 2017
Simon Fraser: Parliament will have 'some sort of vote' in Brexit
Sir Simon Fraser, former Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, was the latest speaker in our Brexit events series
Loose bindings: Collective cabinet responsibility and the Heathrow decision
Collective cabinet responsibility will be set aside for the second time in a year, this time over Heathrow
100 days of Theresa May: a break with the past – but an unclear future
Although officially leading an incumbent government, Theresa May made it clear that she will govern as new