Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

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Regulation

We look at how government uses regulation to achieve its objectives and how rules can most effectively be designed and implemented through regulators.

Regulation – the use of rules, incentives and penalties – is a key tool which government uses, alongside tax and spending policy to achieve its objectives. We aim to highlight how government can most effectively make a choice between regulation and other policy levers, how regulations are best designed and how regulators – such as Ofgem, the Competition and Markets Authority and Ofsted – can successfully fulfil their remits.

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Parliament and regulators: How can scrutiny be improved?

Dame Meg Hillier and Sir Robert Buckland joined our expert panel to discuss what can be done to strengthen parliament's scrutiny role over regulators.

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Politics and regulation

Utilities regulation

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Economic and financial regulation

Public body deep dives

We look at how specific public bodies – including regulators – are configured, how they are performing, and what problems they face.

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Regulation after Brexit

Our regulation team