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.
Changing up and paying down: the Civil Service People Survey 2015 continued
Environmental awareness: Defra’s arm’s-length bodies and datasets
The Civil Service Fast Stream in six charts
A new normal for Northern Ireland?
Why, what and how: modernising Defra
The BIS Committee on the Government’s Productivity Plan: strengths and limitations
Kids Company: an anatomy of failure
The strange case of the missing plans
Managing markets: getting the right skills in place
The finance function forges ahead