
Matthew Gill
Programme Director
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Not another bonfire of the quangos…
Cutting the number of public bodies is the wrong objective for the government to set itself.
‘Whitehall reform’ needs a more coherent plan to succeed
Piecemeal interventions do not add up to coherent view of how the modern state should work.
Operation chainsaw or clear-eyed surgery: What is in the government’s plan to make regulation pro-growth?
The government has set out ambitious plans to streamline regulation.
Five things we learned from Keir Starmer’s speech on reforming the state
What did the prime minister reveal about his plan for how government should work?
Tracker: 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?
How to set up a public body
Ten lessons on getting new bodies up and running.
Whitehall and AI: how can government move from promising pilots to real results?
Poor data infrastructure and a lack of agreement on evaluation could hold back otherwise promising AI innovations in government.
When should public bodies speak to opposition parties?
Guidance for public bodies can be less clear than for government departments, but the same principles apply.
A third of regulators haven’t been scrutinised by parliament – this needs to change
New IfG research sets out why parliamentarians are struggling to hold regulators to account – and what they could do better.
Parliament and regulators
Almost a third of UK regulators have not been scrutinised by parliament since the 2019 general election.