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Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government.

Our publications showcase the IfG’s sector-leading research, giving readers an impartial and evidence-based analysis of what makes good government – and what could be improved.  

Insight papers offer a concise run-down of key issues, including our snap analysis of current events such as changes of government or emerging external challenges.

Analysis papers and longer reports dig deeper, drawing on long-running research projects, data analysis and interviews with experts and other key figures to answer the big questions facing government today, such as how to reform the civil service, the role of the tax system or the use of evidence in policy making.  

Our three data-driven reports – Whitehall Monitor, Parliamentary Monitor and Performance Tracker – provide an unrivalled stocktake of the civil service, parliament and public services respectively.

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18 APR 2023 'How to' guide

Preparing for a new minister

What to think about before a new minister arrives in the department and once they are in post.

17 APR 2023 Report

Tackling obesity

Government squeamishness on tackling obesity will mean higher taxes and lower productivity.

06 APR 2023 Report

Devolving English government

Devolved government in England is failing due to chronic over-centralisation, an incoherent tangle of institutions and a “democratic deficit”. 

29 MAR 2023 Insight paper

The Office of Tax Simplification

This short guest paper examines the work of the Office of Tax Simplification over the 12 years of its life.