02 MAY 2025
Podcast
Local elections: Ready for Reform?
The IfG team discuss what the local and mayoral elections mean for Keir Starmer and his government's devolution agenda.
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30 APR 2025
Press release
Learning from the last Labour government can help Keir Starmer reduce school absence
This is the first in a new series exploring how Labour can learn from its experience of tackling complex problems when it was last in government.
04 APR 2025
Press release
Policy reviews are valuable – but only if the government sets them up for success
The government’s approach to launching independent policy reviews is too ad hoc, inefficient and inconsistent, warns a new IfG report.
04 APR 2025
Podcast
Trump declares war: Tariff Liberation Day
The podcast team discuss Keir Starmer's options to fight back against Donald Trump's tariffs. Plus, Andy Burnham is our special guest.
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.
03 APR 2025
Report
Lessons from past independent policy reviews
How, when and why are policy reviews used by politicians?
10 MAR 2025
Comment
One year on: a progress report on the IfG’s Commission on the Centre of Government
Which of the IfG's seven recommendations have been enacted by Keir Starmer's government?
06 MAR 2025
Comment
The end of the civil service generalist is welcome
Whitehall is moving away from an outdated concept of the ‘policy generalist’.
06 FEB 2025
Insight paper
Policy making in the era of artificial intelligence
Technology is changing and so should the civil service.
11 DEC 2024
Comment
The government should not be criticised for commissioning policy reviews
Whether there are 67 reviews underway or not, the key is to learn from how past reviews worked.