Civil service
After Sue Gray: How can Keir Starmer reset No.10?
IfG experts discuss what can be done to fix the centre of government.
Why was the Conservative Party Conference so upbeat?
Scarlett Maguire of JL Partners joins the podcast team to explore what happened in Birmingham.
Raising standards in public life: the case for legislation – and soon
It takes more than warm words to overhaul ethics and standards in public life.
What qualities are needed in Simon Case's successor as cabinet secretary?
Whoever becomes cabinet secretary faces a number of big challenges.
Cabinet secretary
The cabinet secretary is the most senior civil service adviser to the prime minister and cabinet.
Five steps the government must take to deliver its five missions
Labour says it will operate as a ‘mission-driven government’
Five ways for Keir Starmer to fix the centre of government
The prime minister's first three months have not been plain sailing.
Keir and present danger
The House Magazine’s Sienna Rodgers joins the Inside Briefing team to explore a question that, unfortunately for Keir Starmer, is not going away.
Keir Starmer needs to fix the authority gap in the centre of government
Stories about No10 dysfunction won't go away until Keir Starmer takes some tough decisions.
Ministers who are new parents should get more support
Government should look at strengthening the Ministerial and Other Maternity Allowances Act.