With the general election less than a year away, the Conservatives, Labour and all other political parties are drawing up their manifestos. Scrutinised by the media and voters, manifestos can shape debate, shift the polls, and play a major part in an …
At 12:30pm on Wednesday 6 March, chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his budget, only three and a half months after his autumn statement. He will present updated forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility, which will reflect recent economic …
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Whoever forms the next government will need to be prepared. The job begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. Preparing for Power, a special six-part series from the Institute for Government, takes you behind the scenes to find out how our …
Keir Starmer has pledged to lead a “mission-driven” government and to end “sticking plaster politics”, but what does this mean? The Labour leader has described missions as a whole new way of doing government, but how could this work in practice? While …
You know the election countdown has begun when the Treasury starts releasing costings of opposition policies 7 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opposition-policy-costings-2024 . Last week we were treated to the first of these, including a …
Guess what issue is topping the charts of voter concerns? It’s the economy, stupid. Interest rates have soared. We've had high inflation. Mortgage rates have hit eye watering levels. And tax rates are at record highs. So just how unhealthy is the UK…
The King’s health has dominated the news this week, but the prime minister has been making controversial headlines with his televised bet with Piers Morgan and a major PMQs bust-up with Keir Starmer. It hasn't been an easy couple of days for the Labour …
The commissioner only has the authority to punish minor breaches of the code, such as an accidental delay in reporting a financial interest. 30 House of Commons, Procedural Protocol in respect of the Code of Conduct, 24 February 2023, HC 1084, p. 11 This …
The committee rightly focusses on getting some basics right The IRC sensibly argues that regulators should be given better prioritised objectives, with clarity from government as to how these are to be balanced. It is also fair in saying that if the …
Fraud is the UK’s most common crime. But despite 3.5 million incidents reported in 2022/23, 40% of all reported crimes, only one in a thousand results in a charge or summons. So why is there such a huge gap between preventing, detecting and prosecuting …
Labour’s £28bn-a-year spending commitment must have seemed like a good idea when Rachel Reeves announced it as the centrepiece of her “Green Prosperity Plan”. A lukewarm Treasury, addicted to stop-start measures on climate change, would be turned into the …
The UK remains highly unusual among advanced market democracies in that it willingly contemplates its own break-up in its constitutional framework. And the UK’s territorial constitution has just survived a decade of extraordinary turbulence. It remains …
What is the costing of opposition policies? Opposition parties often announce policies they would pursue if in power. In some instances, parties will publish their own assessment of the cost of those policies or the revenue they would raise, but this does …
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Whoever forms the next government needs to be prepared for the reality of being in power. The job begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. So what is it like to go from opposition to government overnight? How do civil servants get ready for …
Whoever forms the next government will need to be prepared. The job begins almost as soon as the votes have been counted. So what is it like to go from opposition to government overnight? How do civil servants get ready for the possibility of a transition …
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It is four years since the UK left the EU – and nearly eight years since that referendum. So what have we learnt? How has Brexit worked out – and what changes could yet be introduced? What is the current state of UK/EU relations? How might they develop in …
A deal to restore government in Northern Ireland has finally been struck and Stormont is set to return. So what was the decisive factor? Who are the big winners? And what are the chances of this deal actually holding? Peter Foster of the Financial Times …
