Find out why we think the government needs to clarify what aspects of the state it is willing to scale back to meet its current fiscal targets in Gemma Tetlow's Institute for Government piece below.

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I'm looking forward to speaking at this Institute for Government on next week's big set of local and mayoral elections, alongside Sarah Calkin Emma_Norris and polling guru Sir John Curtice (@whatukthinks)

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Rishi Sunak’s higher defence spending announcement does not add up

The prime minister should not be allowed to abdicate decisions about how to pay for his spending pledges, says Gemma Tetlow instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rishi-…

Brilliant Institute for Government explainer from ⁦Jonathan Jones⁩ on potential for challenges to the Rwanda bill… instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explai…

Sorry, what? If the government is relying on civil service efficiencies and cuts to fund this amount of new defence spending then that completely lacks credibility. Not serious

Fantastic news Sarah Neville is a v promising young journalist! Such a well deserved honour for one of the nicest and most respected people in journalism 🍾 🥂

Nice summary of issues here . Charges for loo roll, none for caviar: strange quirks of the UK’s VAT rules | Tax | The Guardian theguardian.com/money/2024/feb…

The UK govt now spends as much as the average advanced economy. But we still raise less in tax than the average. As a result, we've gone from having below-average to above-average government debt levels.

New from my (non-tweeting) Institute for Fiscal Studies colleagues: ifs.org.uk/articles/spend…

If you're an economist who would like to influence government policy, this post is really worth reading.

NEW: Access to Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results, by as much as three GCSE grades.

THREAD on Nick Ridpath, Sarah Cattan and Pedro Carneiro’s new report, funded by Nuffield Foundation, on Sure Start’s impact on educational outcomes: [1/10]

It’s time!!! We are recruiting for our next cohort of 6 research interns to start in September 2024 - it’s going to be a fascinating year to have a ringside view of Westminster - do apply (or forward to anyone who might like to…) instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/caree…

Lots of discussion about levelling up, and Labour's plans for the agenda. Last year we held a series of events on the topic with Policy@Manchester in London, Manchester and at party conferences. This short paper highlights some of the key insights

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