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Making coalition government work seminar series 25th June 2010

Making coalition government work seminar series

"This is NOT business as usual". That was the message from our first seminar on Making Coalition Government Work, held just nine days after the formation of the first coalition government since the Second World War. Further to that event, at which senior... Read more

 
Institute teams up with BBC to share examples of better services at less cost 22nd June 2010

Institute teams up with BBC to share examples of better services at less cost

The Institute for Government has teamed up with BBC's Today Programme to find best practice in providing better public services for less cost. Listeners who are public servants are being asked to submit their real world examples of ways to save money... Read more

 
Lord Bichard marks closer relationship between the Institute and the Public Chairs' Forum 22nd June 2010

Lord Bichard marks closer relationship between the Institute and the Public Chairs' Forum

Arm's length bodies (ALBs) face unprecedented challenges but will continue to play an important part in governing Britain, according to the Executive Director of the Institute for Government. Speaking at an event marking the launch of a closer relationship... Read more

 
Learning the lessons: how Canada successfully eliminated its budget deficit in the 1990s 7th June 2010

Learning the lessons: how Canada successfully eliminated its budget deficit in the 1990s

The coalition government is expected to take Canada's Program Review as its guide to reducing the deficit in the UK. Between 1994-97, the Canadian government eliminated its budgetary deficit of 5.3% of its GDP. The Institute for Government studied Program... Read more

 
Shaping the future: the challenge for the coalition in tackling the UK's fiscal situation 4th June 2010

Shaping the future: the challenge for the coalition in tackling the UK's fiscal situation

The Institute for Government's Executive Director has written about the challenges facing the coalition in securing fiscal consolidation. In an article entitled Shaping the Future, Lord Bichard talks about challenge to cut budgets... Read more

 
 
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