Working to make government more effective

Robyn Munro

Senior Researcher

Robyn was a Senior Researcher at the Institute until February 2017. Her work at the Institute focused on coalition governments and how the civil service works with political parties. Prior to joining the Institute, she worked for a public affairs consultancy advising clients from the social housing, green energy and property development sectors. Robyn has a BA in History from the University of Oxford and an MSc in Public Policy from the University of Bristol.

23 APR 2015 Comment

To know the costs of manifesto promises, the OBR should be the first place we look

Allowing the Office for Budget Responsibility to certify opposition policy costings could inject much-needed clarity into the election campaign.

19 MAR 2015 Comment

Rollercoaster or not, arguing over spending cuts is a pointless task

A row over how the OBR checks the figures.

19 MAR 2015 Report

Whitehall Monitor: deep impact?

In this special Whitehall Monitor report, we look at one element of the Coalition’s performance measurement regime: impact indicators.

12 MAR 2015 Comment

Second time around? Lessons for another coalition

Brokering agreement would be much tougher this time round.

16 FEB 2015 Report

Governing in an Ever Looser Union

This paper is on how to provide effective government in the context of an increasingly complex and fluid constitutional settlement.

06 FEB 2015 Comment

A harder bargain

Nick Harvey MP urges his Lib Dem colleagues to play hardball in any future coalition talks.

14 JAN 2015 Comment

Forecasting Government spending: why pointless numbers lead to pointless arguments

The debate so far has largely missed the fact that its starting point, the OBR’s deficit numbers, is the product of different assumptions.

05 JAN 2015 Comment

Show me the money: Costing party policies in advance of the election

This morning the Conservatives released figures calculated by the Treasury which suggest that Labour’s manifesto contains £21bn of unfunded policies.

18 NOV 2014 Comment

Charting the challenges for the next Government

How is Whitehall faring?

01 NOV 2014 Analysis paper

Whitehall Monitor 2014

Whitehall Monitor 2014 aims to chart government performance in a understandable, compelling and useful way driven by thorough data analysis.