NHS waiting lists in England are at an all-time high. Waiting times are also, for too many people, far too long. Hospitals are crumbling, there are staff shortages and general practice is struggling to meet demand. The service is still beset by industrial …
On 19 September, at the Institute for Government, Liz Truss gave her first major domestic speech since leaving office – marking the one year anniversary of her disastrous mini-budget. The speech, followed by a 45 minute Q&A about her approach to …
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Rishi Sunak has ripped up the UK's net zero plan – but did the prime minister's emissions statement make sense and will it win him votes? Daily Telegraph political editor Ben Riley-Smith, the author of a new book on the last 13 years of …
When was ULEZ first introduced, and how has it been expanded? The original ULEZ was announced in 2013 by the then mayor of London Boris Johnson, with the hope it would operational by 2020. 1 BBC, ‘Boris Johnson announces plans for Ultra Low Emission Zone’, …
Renegotiating the Brexit deal is not on the EU agenda at the moment She, at least, had some leverage. Boris Johnson and David Frost gave that away in their determination to prize regulatory autonomy above all else. Keir Starmer is right, as he told the FT …
Registrations and welcome refreshments | 09:30 – 10:00 Welcome | 10:00 – 10:15 Tim Durrant, programme director at the Institute for Government What does Ministers Reflect tell us about being a minister? | 10:15 – 11:00 Tim Durrant, programme director at …
Better use of data is key to more effective government. Across government, teams are doing fascinating work with data. But those projects don’t get the attention they deserve. Data Bites aims to change that. This event is the 46th in our series, where the …
If Scotland became independent, the nation would face some fundamental questions about the operation of its political system. It would need a new constitution; which the Scottish government proposes should be a written one, enshrining key rights and …
This week, in a speech at the IfG, former prime minister Liz Truss set out her vision for how the UK could achieve faster economic growth – and revisited some of the decisions she made in office, including her disastrous mini-budget. This time last year, …
The UK’s constitution has been tested to its limits and found in urgent need of reform. This report, published jointly by the Institute for Government and Cambridge University’s Bennett Institute for Public Policy, warns that a tumultuous period in UK …
The podcast team dissect Rishi Sunak's appearance at the G20 summit in India – and Daily Mirror political editor John Stevens reveals what it's really like to join the prime minister on the plane for a foreign trip. Westminster has been rocked by a …
Regional inequality in the UK is, on key measures like productivity and healthy life expectancy, as bad as it has ever been. Turning the tide is an enormous task – and not one that can be solely delivered by a few determined ministers in Whitehall. This …
Central government is not set up to deliver this government’s promise – or Labour’s plans – to reduce regional inequality. This report sets out how central government has undermined past attempts to reduce regional inequalities – and then sets out six …
Revelations about the widespread use of – and failure to replace – reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in schools has put government capital spending in the spotlight. For decades the UK has invested less than other wealthy nations. Government …
Keir Starmer has reshuffled his team of shadow ministers. So who’s up? Who’s down? Is this the march of the Blairites? And what does the reshuffle reveal about Starmer’s plans for the general election campaign – or for government should Labour win? The …
High standards are crucial for maintaining public trust in the police – but in recent years the reputation of the Metropolitan Police has been damaged by a number of scandals. Sir Mark Rowley was appointed as Met Commissioner in September 2022 with a …
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Financial problems are spreading to many local authorities Birmingham joins a number of other local authorities that have issued s114 notices in recent years. These include Croydon, 1 https://www.croydon.gov.uk/council-and-elections/budgets-and-spending/ …
"Often the best and fastest way of dealing with things… is to do that minister to minister." John Healey, Minister of state for housing and planning (2009–10) Every department consists of a team of ministers, led by the secretary of state. Junior …
