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.
Cross-party agreement can create political space for tax reform
It is time to take the political heat out of attempts to reform the tax system.
Rachel Reeves cannot start to blame Brexit now for her economic fix
Why is the government talking about Brexit and the economy again?
Danny Kruger has set out a mixed bag of government reforms
Former Conservative MP Danny Kruger is leading Reform UK’s preparations for government.
Rachel Reeves’ rental mistake is another standards warning to Keir Starmer’s ministers
Standards slip-ups are distracting and damaging the Starmer government.
The mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu is a symptom of a failing system
The problems in criminal justice run far deeper than one high-profile error.
The government must explain and defend its grooming gang inquiry decisions
Some disagreement when setting up an inquiry isn’t necessarily bad – but how it is handled matters.
Shabana Mahmood must make the Home Office “fit for purpose”
The Nick Timothy review reveals some familiar and worrying failings about the Home Office.
A welcome clarification on the rules ‘gagging’ civil servants
New guidance on civil servants speaking in public is a welcome return to common sense.
An exchange of letters between the IfG and the government
The government has responded to the IfG's request to clarify rules on civil servants speaking in public.
Failing to fix local government could hurt Labour’s re-election chances
There are signs of severe financial distress in local government.