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An archive of recent Institute for Government press releases and media mentions.
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Labour's missions need a reformed spending review process
The approach taken in recent spending reviews is not up to the job of achieving Labour’s missions, warns a new Institute for Government report.
20 essential civil service reforms for Keir Starmer's government to succeed
Radical improvements to Whitehall are needed if Keir Starmer’s government is to deliver its priorities, says a new Institute for Government report.
The next government has just days to avoid a prisons emergency: here’s what it could do
The next government must immediately decide how to free up thousands of prisons places.
How Keir Starmer can knock down the 10 biggest barriers to Labour's 2030 clean power plan
A potential Labour government will face 10 major barriers to hitting its 2030 clean power target
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Ben Paxton: What would happen during the first 100 days of a Labour government?
Writing in LabourList in the days before the general election, researcher Ben Paxton considers the first 100 days of a future Labour government.
Jill Rutter: Making ‘mission-driven’ government more than a catchphrase
Ahead of the general election, IfG senior fellow Jill Rutter writes in the FT on Keir Starmer's plan to operate a 'mission-driven' government.
How Keir Starmer can knock down the 10 biggest barriers to Labour's 2030 clean power plan
A potential Labour government will face 10 major barriers to hitting its 2030 clean power target
Seven steps to restore trust in government ethics
Trust in politics, and in the people and institutions of public life in the UK, is at an all-time low.
Starmer's cautious pitch for UK power ducks hard economic choices
Gemma Tetlow, IfG chief economist, comments in Bloomberg on the credibility of the economic pledges made by Labour in their manifesto.
Could a Labour government break Britain’s planning deadlock?
Researcher Sophie Metcalfe comments in the FT on housing and planning.
General election 2024: Gemma Tetlow on the Today programme, BBC Radio 4
Gemma Tetlow appears on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 as the main political parties rule out increasing any of the main taxes.
Next government must urgently modernise old and cramped NHS GP buildings
GPs and the rest of the general practice workforce are working in buildings that are often too cramped, old and inflexible for a modern health service
Incoming ministers ‘will face UK public services on brink of collapse’
The Guardian reports on the findings of our recent insight paper 'The precarious state of the state'
Revealed: The true scale and severity of the problems facing the next government
To provide a credible vision for the country, the parties’ manifestos must set out a plan to address the challenges the country is facing.