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.
A collaborative taskforce can help a government deliver its priorities
Andy Burnham and Lousie Haigh have an uphill battle to overcome taskforce scepticism.
New government, new legal risk guidance
New guidance is an insight into the government’s attitude to the law and legal risk.
John Healey’s speech: continuity is no crime
The summer’s Reeves to Healey switch was more continuity than change.
Danny Kruger and Antonia Romeo have more in common than they think
Reform UK’s head of preparation for government shared his ideas at an IfG fringe event.
Will Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham still abolish NHS England?
Wes Streeting's Health Bill is on its way back to the Commons.
Mayors will be key to Burnham’s housing ambitions
What the IfG DevoLab tells us about regional mayors and housing.
Five tips for Labour’s new special advisers
How can spads in the Burnham government get things done?
Andy Burnham is right to devolve employment support
Strategic authorities are best placed to tailor local support.
Five ways departments can help deliver Andy Burnham’s procurement agenda
The government has asked departments to show how they can support its new procurement reforms.
Andy Burnham must avoid repeating Keir Starmer’s failed ‘civil service reset’
Platitudes and generalisms serve no one: we need an honest conversation about trust.