Rishi Sunak has clocked up 365 days as prime minister – but is the anniversary a cause for celebration or just a moment of relief? Politico’s Dan Bloom joins the podcast team to weigh up Sunak’s first year in the job, assess his achievements and failures …
Public services spending, including estimates of the total spend on public services To estimate the real cost of public spending, we deflate government spending figures using the GDP deflators published by the Office for Budget Responsibility in the …
The annual Institute for Government/Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) public services stocktake reveals that the government’s spending plans from April 2025 onwards – which Labour have also committed to – will likely mean that …
Next week, the UK will host an artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit at Bletchley Park. The run-up has been turbulent, with the summit receiving criticism for a narrow cast list and a doom-laden focus on hypothetical future risks. Gaining buy-in from …
A similarly clear drop in activity can be seen in schools. According to data published by the Department for Education, as little as 43% of pupils attended school during the eight days of national teacher strikes that took place between February and July …
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 will be the 47th in our series, where …
IfG experts will be regularly posting in this live blog to track and react to the key developments of the second module of the Covid Inquiry, which started public hearings on 3 October and will run until 16 December.
Rishi Sunak began his premiership as the sole Conservative to stand against the tax-cut-driven fiscal madness that characterised Liz Truss’s brief spell in power. To reverse the damage during that time, his first weeks in No.10 were dominated by an autumn …
The relatively small spending decrease in the last year hides variation between services. Like other statutory duties, spending on homelessness had markedly risen in the past decade and is now 82.6% higher in real terms than in 2009/10. However, spending …
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Who do you need to know in Number 10? 10 Downing Street is staffed by a team of special advisers appointed by the prime minister alongside a set of permanent civil servants. Together they support the prime minister in their everyday duties, help them to …
Labour's double by-election win has sent shockwaves through Westminster. So what does it mean for Keir Starmer? What does Rishi Sunak do now? And what might it tell us about the battleground on which the general election might be fought? The Financial …
From HS2 cancellations to Heathrow’s still unbuilt third runway, the over-budget Elizabeth line to the repeated delays to the Hinkley C nuclear reactor, why is the UK so bad at infrastructure projects? This week the Expert Factor team – Paul Johnson of …
Briony is a research assistant, working on the Institute’s devolution team. Prior to joining the Institute in September 2023, she worked as an Operations Assistant for a manufacturing company and volunteered for the British Red Cross. Briony has a BA in …
Callum is a research assistant working on the Institute's public bodies and regulation team, having recently completed an MSc in Public Policy. Prior to joining the Institute, Callum spent time volunteering at his local food bank, and has also …
Jeremy is a research assistant working on the Institute’s public finances team having recently completed an MSc in public affairs and a Master’s in public administration. Before joining the Institute, he worked in the grocery sector before moving to …
Darwin is a research assistant on the public services team, having joined the Institute after completing a MSc in economic history. As an undergraduate student at the London School of Economics, also in economic history, she assisted on two academic …
Ben is a researcher working with the Institute's general election team. Before joining the Institute, Ben was working as a doctor in the NHS and he continues to practice as an NHS doctor. Ben studied medicine at university and has published research …
Sameer is a research assistant on the civil service and policy making team. He is mostly working on the Institute's annual Whitehall Monitor and the Commission on the Centre of Government, with a particular focus on the government's digital and …
Article 58 of the ECHR says that states can “denounce” (i.e. leave) the Convention by six months’ notice. The decision whether to stay or leave is not a choice between democracy (or national sovereignty) on the one hand, and participation in an …
