Institute for Government Articles

Another day, another thinktank. Tony Blair has announced he is to launch the Institute for Global Change. The project will bring together his existing initiatives under one roof, including work on African governance, fighting religious extremism, and Middle East...

As the 2015 general election draws closer, the opposition is facing increasing demands to start thinking and acting like a government-in-waiting. This is a difficult time – opposition is first and foremost about getting elected; plans for office mean nothing without...

As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, every week I hear tales of government financial waste that would boil the blood of the most frivolous of spendthrifts. In recent months, we have seen an extra £1bn diverted into the expansion of academies programme at the...

There's only one thing harder than remembering a 65-minute speech by heart: writing the policies to go with it. As Labour ministers stepped out of their government cars for the last time in June 2010, escorted from their plush departmental offices with their armies of...