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Does the bill satisfy Conservative MPs? Where does the bill lie on the scale between full fat and skimmed? It’s probably semi skimmed. It does not go to the extremes favoured by Suella Braverman, so as to exclude all forms of court challenge. Evidently it …
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Both main UK-wide political parties are proposing further devolution within England to drive growth, and there is a broad political consensus that an over-centralised England is holding the economy back. But the international evidence shows quite a weak …
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2024 will be a crucial year for government and for British politics. With a general election no more than a year away, Rishi Sunak has asked to be judged on meeting his five pledges – and the pressure is on Keir Starmer to add policy details to his five …
Nobody predicted a massive diplomatic bust-up with Greece, so is Rishi Sunak losing his marbles? PoliticsHome editor Laura Silver joins the podcast team to catch up on the extraordinary row over the Elgin Marbles. Access talks – the moment that opposition …
This month marks four years since the 2019 general election, when Boris Johnson bulldozed his way to a Conservative majority with his promise to ‘get Brexit done’ – and Labour sank to its worst election result since 1935. But so much has changed since then …
There are some encouraging signs, and the Office for Student’s own response 19 //committees.parliament.uk/publications/42303/documents/210336/default/ accepts many of the Lords' recommendations. 20 //committees.parliament.uk/publications/41379/ …
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How would parliament be involved in a treaty with Rwanda? Ministers plan to agree and ratify a treaty between the UK and Rwanda, which would replace the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that currently exists between the two countries. The MoU is not …
What is a public body review? The Cabinet Office launched a new public bodies review programme in April 2022 to evaluate the governance, accountability, efficacy and efficiency of existing arm’s-length bodies (ALBs). 52 Cabinet Office, Guidance on the …
The review makes a series of recommendations to change how officials are appointed. Maude is right that reform is needed and some of his proposals are good ones. As he puts it: “The Civil Service is a people organisation and the most important task of its …
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© 2023 Institute for Government | Design and development by Soapbox The Institute is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 6480524 Registered Charity No. 1123926
© 2023 Institute for Government | Design and development by Soapbox The Institute is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales No. 6480524 Registered Charity No. 1123926
Jeremy Hunt has framed the autumn statement as the biggest tax cut in British history, but do the chancellor's sums add up? The podcast team crunch the numbers and discuss what Hunt's big day in parliament told us about the state of the economy, …
Education. Education. Education. General election slogans often zero in on education, and now Rishi Sunak has made building a “world class education system” as one of his top priorities. But just how well are English schools performing? Has enough to been …
Hunt targeted productivity but investment in this – in the public sector – was wholly absent Hunt did set a target to improve public service productivity by 0.5% per year: a worthy goal. The IfG has long argued that lower productivity is harming service …
Arrangements are in place to backfill for the cabinet secretary In a cabinet secretary’s absence there is no automatic process for anyone else to step in. His roles are being covered by colleagues at the moment, although no official announcement has been …
