Mayors will be key to Burnham’s housing ambitions
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Andy Burnham is right to devolve employment support
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Andy Burnham: The new prime minister
Explore our work on Andy Burnham's first decisions as prime minister and his preparations for power.
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See allMayors will be key to Burnham’s housing ambitions
What the IfG DevoLab tells us about regional mayors and housing.
Five tips for Labour’s new special advisers
How can spads in the Burnham government get things done?
Andy Burnham is right to devolve employment support
Strategic authorities are best placed to tailor local support.
Five ways departments can help deliver Andy Burnham’s procurement agenda
The government has asked departments to show how they can support its new procurement reforms.
Mid-term prime ministers: transitions of power between elections
In this three-part series, the IfG takes you behind the scenes of the mid-term changes of prime minister from John Major to Rishi Sunak.
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See allIfG at the Reform UK Party Conference 2026
13:00 — 16:15The IfG are in Birmingham for the Reform UK Party Conference 2026
Andy Burnham, Manchester and No.10 North: How can the prime minister make his devolution agenda succeed?
12:30 — 13:30An expert panel assesses Andy Burnham’s plans to lead the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has ever seen”.
Making a success of LGR: How should central government support local authorities going through local government reorganisation?
12:30 — 13:30Our second Making a Success of Local Government Reorganisation event will explore what support local authorities need to implement LGR.