Project

Missions

Our missions work looks at how government can work across departments and levels of government to deliver on long-term policy issues.

01 MAY 2024

Government has consistently struggled to deliver policies and objectives that do not fit neatly into government structures and silos. We analyse how governments can change this and deliver on missions, bold and difficult objectives that have proven difficult to solve in the past. This includes how to better design policy with implementation in mind, the organisation of the centre of government, funding models, and how to better work across different levels of government in order to deliver on missions.

Our work looks at what missions government is, how similar objectives have been completed in the past, and how future governments will be able to deliver on missions.

15 MAY 2024 Comment

What is 'mission-driven government'?

There is no blueprint for mission-driven government.

05 MAR 2024 Explainer

Mission-driven government: What has Labour committed to?

What is a 'mission-led' government?

23 FEB 2023 Comment

What do Keir Starmer’s five missions reveal about how Labour would govern?

A team of IfG experts assess whether Starmer’s "five bold missions" stack up

30 MAR 2022 Report

Will the levelling up missions help reduce regional inequality?

The government’s levelling up missions fall short of what is needed to level up.

What does a ‘mission-driven’ approach to government mean and how can it be delivered?

The new government has committed to being ‘mission-driven’, focusing on five key areas: growth, the NHS, clean energy, safer streets and opportunity. This report with Nesta sets out how government could effectively organise itself to deliver.

Read the report