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30 APR 2025 Case study

Reducing school absence

Learning from the last Labour government can help Keir Starmer reduce school absence.

14 APR 2025 Comment

Did the 2005 reforms lead to better tax policy?

Former HMRC chair Edward Troup looks at the impact of the 2005 O’Donnell reforms.

04 APR 2025 Comment

Smokefree generation: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results

What the government can learn from past anti-smoking legislation for its 'smokefree generation' commitment.

03 APR 2025 Hybrid event

Government reviews: Dither and delay, or route to reform?

An expert panel explore the use of government reviews – and when they do, or don’t, succeed.

16 JAN 2025 Comment

Wind and solar power: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results

What can the government learn from the coalition's development of the UK’s offshore wind sector?

22 DEC 2024 Comment

More support would make the Sheffield Policy Campus success truly transformative

Sheffield can be a "test and learn pioneer" at the heart of the government's plans to rewire the civil service.

11 OCT 2024 Comment

Workers’ rights: How to turn manifesto promises into tangible results

What the government can learn from the National Minimum Wage for its Employment Rights Bill.

02 SEP 2024 Comment

Whitehall and AI: how can government move from promising pilots to real results?

Poor data infrastructure and a lack of agreement on evaluation could hold back otherwise promising AI innovations in government.

12 JUN 2024 Comment

What Angela Rayner’s new homelessness unit can learn from New Labour

Tackling homelessness is a difficult challenge – but there are ways to succeed.

28 MAR 2024 Comment

Twenty-five years on: what the national minimum wage teaches us about radical change

The national minimum wage is a case study in how to effectively design and deliver policy.

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