Public bodies
We look at public bodies, their role in government and how they can be made more effective.
Our latest analysis
See allTracker: The government’s proposed new public bodies
What were the public bodies promised in Labour’s election manifesto and what has been delivered since its entry into government? Our tracker sets out Labour's plans for GB Energy, the National Wealth Fund and more.
Read our tracker
Life cycle of a public body
Establishing new public bodies – what have we learnt?
Practitioners and experts from economic and trade bodies discuss the lessons from their experience of setting up new public bodies.
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Public appointments
Public bodies explained
Public bodies reform
Earlier IfG work on public bodies
Read Before Burning
Our recommendations for increasing the effectiveness and accountability of arm's-length bodies.
It takes two
Our report looks at what is needed for effective relations between government departments and arm’s-length bodies.
Out of the Ashes
What recommendations the next government should act on to truly reform arm’s-length government in the UK.
The Strange Case of Non-Ministerial Departments
A deeper look at this obscure category of government bodies, which cover organisations from the Royal Mint to the National Crime Agency.
Our public bodies team

Matthew Gill
Programme Director
Not another bonfire of the quangos…

Shivani Chivukula
Research Assistant