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UK needs annual migration plan to end incoherent policies, says thinktank
With white paper imminent, Institute for Government urges ministers to abandon ‘reactive, kneejerk’ decisions.
The work of the Liaison Committee
In an episode of Committee Corridor, Hannah White is invited to speak about the role and challenges of the Liaison Committee.
How to close a quango: As DHSC prepares to absorb NHS England, we ask the experts
The CSW cites Matthew Gill's 2023 report How to abolish a public body: Ten lessons from previous restructures in relation to closing a quango.
The government's homelessness strategy will fail without fundamental changes
The government should fundamentally rethink how it tackles homelessness and move from crisis intervention to prevention.
Learning from the last Labour government can help Keir Starmer reduce school absence
This is the first in a new series exploring how Labour can learn from its experience of tackling complex problems when it was last in government.
Letter in the Times: Annual Migration Plan
Directors from Onward, Centre for Policy Studies, British Future, IPPR and the IfG call on the government to adopt an annual Migration Plan.
Policy reviews are valuable – but only if the government sets them up for success
The government’s approach to launching independent policy reviews is too ad hoc, inefficient and inconsistent, warns a new IfG report.
Reforms are needed to ensure better decision making in mayoral combined authorities
Our new report "Making England's 'devolution revolution' a reality" outlines ways to reform decision making in mayoral combined authorities.
More work and education in prisons could turn around declining performance
More work and education and increasing access to open prisons could turn around over a decade of poor prison performance in England and Wales.
How to deliver England's once-in-a-generation local government reorganisation
How can areas successfully reorganise local government and implement devolution at the same time?