Public services
The challenges of the coming decades can only be tackled with a smarter centre
The centre of government is not capable of meeting the challenges faced by the UK today.
Sunak gambles as Starmer U-turns
Times Health Commission chair, Rachel Sylvester, joins the team to discuss the PM's PMQs bust-up with Keir Starmer and how to fix the NHS.
What the IfG’s Government 2024 conference revealed
Key takeaways from the IfG's annual conference.
SEND spending needs reform to stop local authorities going bust
Deficits in local authority education budgets need to be urgently addressed.
Magical thinking about government needs a dose of reality
UK government needs to reform itself, and we cannot wait until 2025 to begin.
The disorderly return of PFI assets risks disruption to public services
A toxic end to PFI contracts would not encourage future – and needed – private investment in public assets.
Rishi Sunak’s five pledges: one year on
How much progress has the prime minister made towards meeting his five pledges?
2023: The Institute for Government’s Year in Review
2023 was another busy year for the IfG.
How could Ofsted and the Department for Education reform school inspections in England?
The new chief inspector will need better support from ministers to reform Ofsted.
The IfG review of 2023: Posturing and panicking, poison and paranoia
David Runciman, the former host of the Talking Politics podcast, joins the IfG team to look back on the last 12 months.