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Finn Baker

Research Assistant

Finn is a research assistant on the Institute’s ministers team, contributing to work on the role of ministers and their offices. He graduated with a BA in History in 2023.

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16 JAN 2024 Report chapter

Whitehall Monitor 2024: Part 2

Recommendations for civil service reform covering the workforce, ministers, the centre of government, policy making, digital and AI, and resilience.

16 JAN 2024 Report chapter

Whitehall Monitor 2024: Part 1

Analysis of how the civil service continued to change in 2023 - including its size, structure, turnover and budgets.

17 NOV 2023 Explainer

Whips: what is their role?

Whips are MPs and peers affiliated to a political party appointed to ensure their party colleagues vote according to the leader’s agenda.

13 NOV 2023 Live-blog

Cabinet reshuffle – November 2023

The IfG team analyses all the latest ministerial moves as Rishi Sunak reshuffles his Cabinet and David Cameron makes a return to frontline politics.

14 OCT 2022 Explainer

Parliamentary lobby

The term ‘lobby’ is used to describe the group of journalists who cover political events in the UK.