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Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government.

Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government – and what could be improved.

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Our three data-driven reports – Whitehall Monitor, Parliamentary Monitor and Performance Tracker – provide an unrivalled stocktake of the civil service, parliament and public services respectively.

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12 JUN 2025 Report

At the height of financial uncertainty in 2007/08, investors and customers queue outside the Maddox Street branch of Northern Rock Bank.

Ministerial leadership during crises

How ministers can prepare for a potential crisis and learn lessons in the aftermath.

13 MAY 2025 Report

temporary housing

A smarter approach to homelessness

Prioritising prevention in the 2025 spending review.

12 MAY 2025 Report

Whitehall and Big Ben

A new Civil Service Act

The Institute for Government presents a draft Civil Service Bill.

08 MAY 2025 Insight paper

Total Place encouraged agencies to work together to redesign services around the needs of the users.

The case for Total Place 2.0

What can the government learn from Total Place?

30 APR 2025 Case study

Two school children walking on a bridge

Reducing school absence

Learning from the last Labour government can help Keir Starmer reduce school absence.

23 APR 2025 'How to' guide

Downing Street sign

Ministers’ ways of working: A guide for private office

This resource for private office teams is a guide for a conversation with your minister about how they want things to work in the office.

21 APR 2025 Report chapter

Keir Starmer (second from right) and health secretary Wes Streeting (right) meeting medical staff during a visit to Long Lane Surgery in Coalville, a GP practice in the East Midlands.

General practice across England: What should the government take away from these findings?

What this government should be looking at as it embarks on its programme of NHS reform, specifically to improve the picture in general practice.

21 APR 2025 Report chapter

Two women wait in the reception area of the GP surgery.

General practice across England: The number and type of appointments are related to patient satisfaction

What matters to patients is not the number of appointments that a staff member delivers, but rather the number of appointments that they can access.

21 APR 2025 Report chapter

A GP writes notes while chatting to a patient.

General practice across England: How patient and staff numbers are related to patient experience

This section looks at which characteristics of practices are associated with higher and lower patient satisfaction.

21 APR 2025 Report chapter

The nurses station in a GP surgery. The curtains are drawn around the patient examination area, while a staff member is on the computer.

General practice across England: How has patient satisfaction changed around the country?

High-level national trends also obscure some of the variation at a more local level. These are explored in this chapter.