Govt spending plans should cover a 5-year period, reviewed every 3 years, urges Institute for Government Longer budget periods would offer greater certainty to departments & help restore stability to public finances, think tank says ft.com/content/cc7412…

Looks like a good time to re-up this article I wrote in February 2023. This has been on the horizon a long time. We never should have junked the architecture we built for Covid and now is as good a time as any to spin it back up instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/bird-f…

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PODCAST 🎙️ The chancellor's statement of intent What is Rachel Reeves plan to plug the “£22bn black hole” in the public finances? Sonia Khan, former SpAd, joins us to discuss And we take a look at how to run spending reviews and civil service reform instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/inside…

Good to be on Institute for Government podcast this week, talking about the Reeves statement, our civil service reform paper, and the Conservative leadership election. With Hannah White Thomas Pope & Sonia Khan 👇

Rachel Reeves’ statement highlighted short-term spending pressures – her spending review needs to "fix the foundations", says Thomas Pope instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/chance…

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Do you have recent experience working in UK government/politics? We are inviting expressions of interest from anyone with the relevant knowledge and skills who would like to join us at the IfG. Closing date: Monday 30 September, 11:00 ⏰ Find out more instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/caree…

Good to see that the cross-departmental 'mission boards' will be used to test spending proposals. Using these kinds of structures in the spending review is a real opportunity to improve cross-government working theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Our economist/senior economist job application is still open, but now closing sooner than originally stated. Do get your applications in soon if you're interested! And do get in touch if you'd like to discuss the role

Join our webinar on Thursday 5 September as the IfG launches its brand new Ministers Database for public use, holding information about all government ministers since 1979. With Dr Catherine Haddon, Philip Nye, Jessica C. Smith and Tim Durrant Register here: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

Here at Institute for Government we hold a database of ministerial appointments going back to 1979 I’m very excited to say we’ll shortly be turning it into a public resource - we think it’ll be of use to journalists/academics/others Details of the launch here: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

The government's approach to civil service appointments has been an unforced error There are clear and established ways for ministers to bring in outside expertise into government, writes Hannah White instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/civil-…

Do you have recent experience working in UK government/politics? We are inviting expressions of interest from anyone with the relevant knowledge and skills who would like to join us at the IfG. Closing date: Monday 30 September, 11:00 ⏰ Find out more instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/caree…

as the government appears to be contemplating a ban on smoking in pub gardens, here is Institute for Government case study of the troubled and confused road the last Labour government took to ban smoking in indoor public spaces instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/default/…

NEW report today: How can the government meet its housing targets? The latest in our chronic policy problem series - we look at why past governments have failed to meet their targets and 10 principles the government should follow to set a better record. instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/ho…

Great to speak to Times Radio this morning about our report on housebuilding out today. Here we discuss the thorny politics of planning reform - a critical challenge in the past, but now more room for maneuver post-election.

Our new report sets out 10 principles for how the government can set a better record on housebuilding - for a quick tour of them take a look at my new comment here 🏘 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/govern…

Very happy to have the opportunity to write this with colleagues in the The BMJ there are lots of great uses for deliberative citizen engagement - some risks too which is why political buy in and a route to impact is key. Health is absolutely an area that needs bold action.