17th November 2011
Institute For Government Appoints Rt Hon Peter Riddell As Director
The Institute for Government is pleased to announce that Peter Riddell, the former Times and Financial Times journalist and Senior Fellow of the Institute, will become its Director from 1st January 2012.
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14th November 2011
Government should fund primary elections
In a report out today, the Institute for Government sets out a package of proposals to reform candidate selection to increase the diversity of MPs and enhance public participation.
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7th November 2011
Business plans: a long way to go
One year after the Prime Minister launched the Departmental Business Plans with the claim that they heralded "a new system of democratic accountability", the Institute for Government has published its view of the plans to date.
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26th October 2011
Andrew Adonis on Roy Jenkins as transformational minister
Andrew Adonis, Director of the Institute for Government, has given a lecture at the Speaker's House on Roy Jenkins as transformational minister. The speech was part of a series of lectures on great 20th century parliamentarians.
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24th October 2011
IfG research helps persuade coalition to appoint additional advisers
Following recommendations made by the Institute, as well as by the UCL Constitution Unit, the Government is appointing half a dozen new Liberal Democrat special advisers to ensure that the party is able to maintain a presence and have influence across all major policy areas.
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19th October 2011
UK's only Green MP hits out at inefficiency of Parliament
Caroline Lucas, the country's only Green MP and leader of the Green Party has hit out at the Westminster system in a speech tonight at the Institute for Government.
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