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IfG Director's Lecture: Modern government for a divided country

The Institute for Government invites you to attend the first annual lecture by our Director Bronwen Maddox.

18 JAN 2017 Wednesday 18 January 2017, 18:00 — 19:30

On 18 January, Bronwen Maddox delivered her first lecture as Director of the Institute for Government.

In her speech, she explained why it’s a hard time to run a country, and looked ahead at the big challenges for government in 2017.

She discussed:

why government struggles to respond to many new challenges.
why decisions such as Hinkley and HS2 matter for public confidence.
what should be done.

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Topic: Policy making
Keywords: High Speed 2
Publisher: Institute for Government

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