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Grant Dalton

Former Researcher

Grant was a researcher working across the Institute’s public finances and public bodies teams. He joined the Institute from the Department for International Trade, where he worked in private office as a briefings manager and a ministerial private secretary. 

Grant has a degree in history, and briefly worked in fundraising at a school. His work at the Institute has included analysing economic support policies during the Covid crisis in an international context, comparing provision of social care in the four nations of the UK and looking at reforms to public appointments and crisis response systems in public bodies. 

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25 APR 2023 Interview

Matt Warman

Matt Warman discusses being an expert minister, how to navigate ‘caretaker’ government and receiving an apology for being sacked by Boris Johnson.

16 MAR 2023 Explainer

Trailblazer devolution deals

What are trailblazer devolution deals and what powers will they devolve to combined authorities?

07 FEB 2023 Live-blog

Rishi Sunak's reshuffle – February 2023

The PM has restructured several departments, and appointed new ministers to head them. The IfG reshuffle team tracked all the changes on the day.

31 JAN 2023 Report chapter

Whitehall Monitor 2023: Overview

This edition of Whitehall Monitor assesses the change, performance and priorities of the civil service.