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.
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.
Burnham can’t take the politics out of social care reform
The new PM will have to prioritise to make progress on social care during this parliament.
The government must focus on public protection when it comes to prison releases
There are no easy answers to meeting the prison capacity challenge.
Burnham’s devolution agenda can lay strong foundations for public service reform
The new PM needs to align the boundaries of services in local areas.
Government must improve fraud prevention before the next crisis
Module five of the Covid inquiry shows the need for better procurement and use of data.
Burnham should learn from Starmer’s successes and failures on public services
Keir Starmer squandered the opportunity to reform public services.
Scrapping the Public Sector Equality Duty won’t create the change Badenoch wants
Kemi Badenoch’s speech at the IfG saw her pledge to abolish the Public Sector Equality Duty.
How government should respond to the killing of Henry Nowak
Henry Nowak's murder must lead to considered and targeted government action.
A ‘radical overhaul’ is the wrong move for the youth justice system
The government’s white paper risks undermining one of the few public services currently working well