Climate change used to be that rarest of things in British politics – an issue over which there was broad interparty consensus. That consensus saw Ed Miliband oversee the passing of the Climate Change Act in 2008, committing the UK to an 80% reduction in …
Rishi Sunak has until December 2024 to call an election. While the formal starting pistol has yet to be fired, and may not be for at least a year, the long campaign has already begun. Both Sunak and Starmer are presenting themselves as the change candidate …
With little room for manoeuvre to increase spending on struggling public services, the UK government must ensure that every pound is spent well. However, public service productivity fell both during and after the pandemic. For example, the government’s …
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In 2019, the UK government passed trailblazing legislation committing itself to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The UK has already made significant progress in decarbonising its economy: carbon emissions have fallen by over 45% from …
What progress has the government made in devolving power across England? Has it been a success? And what would a Labour government do differently? In this special episode of Inside Briefing, Akash Paun, the Institute for Government’s devolution watcher-in …
Reeves is arguably the most pro-industrial strategy shadow chancellor since the 1970s Second, Reeves is willing to go much further than her predecessors to question the nostrums of free market thinking on where economic activity takes place, making her …
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Many staff groups – including teachers, nurses, ambulance workers, barristers, civil servants, junior doctors and consultants – deemed the situation untenable and voted to strike, making pandemic recovery more difficult again. The government has resolved …
But there is a limit to the extent to which ISPs can support elective activity. The vast majority of more complex elective work will continue to be conducted within the NHS for the foreseeable future. 1 Coughlan E, Keith J, Gardner T and others, ‘Waiting …
Since then there has been an increase for both staff groups. GP partner pay increased by 12.0% in real terms between 2019/20 and 2020/21, and by a further 7.4% in 2021/22. In the first year of the pandemic, this was mostly due to Covid support money, …
This approach of ‘crisis-cash-repeat’ is ineffective and represents poor value for money. Emergency funding in the winter of 2022/23 offers a good example of its shortcomings. First, government funding was announced and then disbursed late. The Adult …
Problems with buildings and technology have also reduced court efficiency. The Law Society has raised concerns over problems with the suitability of courts’ facilities 1 The Law Society, ‘Five steps to resolve the backlogs in our courts’, 19 December 2022, …
Keeping prisoners locked up or in overcrowded conditions limits their access to critical services. Dominic Raab, when justice secretary, wrote in February 2023 that “operating close to capacity” will result in “reduced access to rehabilitative programmes”. …
The police uplift programme may help address key shortages, but also poses several challenges The roles that new officers are put into will make a big difference to whether the number of charges continues to increase in future years. Interviewees …
Government has so far been tentative in its approach to general purpose artificial intelligence (AI) technology and it is cited as a chronic risk in the national risk register. 1 Cabinet Office, National Risk Register 2023, Gov.uk, August 2023, www.gov.uk …
What is artificial intelligence (AI)? The definition of artificial intelligence is contested, but the term is generally used to refer to computer systems that can perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. 1 Central Digital and Data Office, …
Rishi Sunak’s warning that artificial intelligence (AI) brings new dangers to society that need to be addressed “head on” has made headlines, 1 Sunak R, ‘Prime Minister's speech on AI’, Gov.uk, 26 October 2023, retrieved 26 October 2023, www.gov.uk/ …
Do you remember when politics was the domain of good chaps and a time when politicians could be trusted to stick to the rules? Ok, so maybe there was never quite such a rose-tinted age – but from lobbying scandals to accusations of minsters bullying their …
