Working to make government more effective

Alice Lilly

Senior Researcher

Alice is a senior researcher. As part of the IfG Academy team, which helps those in government to be effective and those outside it to understand it better, she delivers workshops for academics and others seeking to better work with government.

Alice also runs much of the Institute’s day-to-day work on the UK Parliament and is a regular expert commentator on parliamentary procedure and practice on radio and television.

Prior to joining the Institute, she began her career in academia, writing a PhD on the history of anti-poverty policy in the US and UK in the 1990s.

01 MAR 2024 Explainer

MPs' security

Increasing levels of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia have seen a rise in threats made to MPs. So what security do they receive and how is this funded?

14 DEC 2023 Explainer

Safety of Rwanda Bill: What happens next in parliament?

What are the upcoming legislative stages for the government's immigration legislation?

29 NOV 2023 Explainer

'Rwanda treaty: government's next steps in Parliament'

What role will parliament play in the government's steps to proceed with its Rwanda asylum plan?

06 SEP 2021 Analysis paper

Parliamentary Monitor 2021

The government must drop its dismissive approach to scrutiny as parliament returns to in-person sittings.

10 MAY 2021 Report

Taking stock of the Conservative manifesto

The government is yet to deliver around half of its 2019 manifesto promises – and many of those it has made progress on are the ‘easy wins’.

21 APR 2021 Explainer

Lord Speaker

What is the role of the Lord Speaker?

27 JAN 2021 Comment

Three ways that the coronavirus crisis has changed government

The new Whitehall Monitor 2021 report sets out the immediate impact of the pandemic across government, writes Alice Lilly

21 JAN 2021 Analysis paper

Whitehall Monitor 2021

Whitehall Monitor 2021 reveals the way the pandemic has changed how the government takes decisions, spends money and makes policy.

31 DEC 2020 Comment

The Brexit deal is the latest case of the government’s disregard for parliamentary scrutiny

The compressed scrutiny of the Brexit deal is the latest example of the government's dismissive approach of parliament

23 DEC 2020 Explainer

Official opposition

As the second largest party in the House of Commons, the Labour Party is the current official opposition.

01 DEC 2020 Interview

Amber Rudd

Amber Rudd reflects on her time working with three different prime ministers, the implications of the EU referendum and resigning as home secretary.

23 SEP 2020 Report

Whitehall Monitor: The cost of Covid-19

Covid-19 is already likely to cost the UK government £317bn – in increased public borrowing – in 2020/21 alone.

26 JUN 2020 Comment

Lords ministers need greater support

Government ministers in the House of Lords are often overlooked, overworked and under-supported – despite the vital role they play