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The Labour government has a huge majority in parliament – but Keir Starmer’s administration is also facing an incredibly complex set of policy challenges. So how can the prime minister and his team turn around public service performance? What can chancellor Rachel Reeves do to get the economy growin...
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What is the Conservative route to fiscal sustainability?
Speakers:
Richard Fuller MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the In...
How should devolution across the North of England be successfully implemented and enhanced?
Speakers:
David Simmonds MP, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Dr Tom Arnold, Research As...
How should governments rewire the state to get things done?
Speakers:
Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Caroline Elsom, Head of Reshaping The Sta...
How can mayors improve skills and productivity to drive regional growth?
Speakers:
Mayor Paul Bristow, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vic...
How should the Conservative Party rethink its vision for public services?
Speaker:
Baroness Barran MBE, Shadow Minister for Education
Dr Kieran Mullan MP, Shadow Minister for Justice
Industrial strategy, tariffs and global trade: Is the government's strategy working?
Speakers:
Rt Hon Lord Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office and former Minister for Universities and Science
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Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?
Speakers:
Tim Leunig, Chief Econonist at Nesta
Dave Penman, General Secretary at the FDA
Dr Gem...
How can local places maximise the benefits of devolution to drive economic growth?
Speakers:
Maya Ellis MP, Member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee
Mayor Steve...
How can technology support place-based public services?
Speakers:
Rt Hon John Denham, former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Cllr Susan Hinch...
How can industrial strategy drive growth?
Speakers:
Lisa Bungeroth, Director of Public Affairs at Imperial College London
Thomas Cawston, Corporate Aff...
How can the government make its health reforms a success?
Speakers:
Alex McIntyre MP, Member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee
Kevin McKenna MP, Officer o...
How can the government rebuild the criminal justice system?
Speakers:
Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry of Justice
Deputy Mayor Kate Green...
How should the government successfully implement and enhance devolution across the North of England?
Speakers:
Katherine Fairclough, Chief Executive of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Cllr Susan Hinch...
How can government use leadership and innovation to deliver for the public?
Speakers:
Chris Ward MP, Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office
Kelly Beaver MBE, Chief Executive of I...
How can mayors improve skills and productivity to drive regional growth?
Speakers:
Alison McGovern MP, Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Political leadership and communities in times of crisis (reception)
Speakers:
Dan Jarvis MBE MP, Minister for Security at the Home Office and Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
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Is Labour’s clean power mission on track?
Speakers:
Michael Shanks MP, Minister for Energy at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Sam Alvi...
How could the UK take a prevention-led approach to healthcare?
The Liberal Democrat manifesto committed to keeping people out of hospital by investing in public health and early access to community services. Preve...
How can local places ensure devolution delivers economic growth?
The government’s devolution plans are centred on devolving more powers out of Whitehall into the hands of the local leaders, and giving local places c...
Boosting trade and unlocking investment in an uncertain world
President Trump’s return to the White House has reshaped the world trade order – posing risks, but also offering opportunities, for the UK.
Sir Nick Clegg in conversation: Big tech, AI and political conflict
The former deputy prime minister, in his only fringe event at this year’s Liberal Democrat conference, spoke to IfG director Hannah White about Keir S...
Navigating a Contested Age: Chiefly Reflections of Admiral Sir Tony Radakin
With European nations now spending more on defence than America for the first time since the Second World War, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin explored how t...
Delivering the government’s economic growth mission: What is the role of the industrial strategy?
The industrial strategy has emerged after a long gestation, with June’s white paper containing an exhaustive list of policy commitments intended to de...
From protest to power: How can Reform's locally elected leaders govern effectively?
At this year’s local elections, the Reform Party secured outright majorities in 10 local authorities and won two metro mayor contests.
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The Freedom of Information Act at 25: What next for freedom of information?
The Freedom of Information (FoI) Act – which was passed 25 years ago and came into force five years later – created a legal right for citizens to requ...
How will Keir Starmer’s No10 reset work?
The prime minister has made some big changes in No10. Darren Jones moves from the Treasury to take on the newly-created job of chief secretary to the...
IfG DevoLab #1: How devolution can address health inequalities
The IfG DevoLab is a new Institute for Government initiative dedicated to exploring the innovations enabled by devolution, learning from the results,...
Spads under Starmer: How can Labour’s special advisers do the job well?
Special advisers are a vital part of the glue that helps make government work effectively, and since July 2024 more than 100 spads have been appointed...
Inside Trump’s America: In conversation with Tim Ryan
What is driving Donald Trump’s America – and what lessons might the rise of the MAGA movement, and the Democrats’ defeat in the 2024 US presidential e...
Labour’s first year in power: Is this still a mission-driven government?
Labour fought the 2024 general election on a manifesto which promised “a new way of doing government” – one built on the concept of mission-driven gov...
Speech: Marie Goldman MP, Liberal Democrat shadow leader of the House of Commons
Chaired by Emma Norris, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government.
This event was part of the IfG’s conference, The...
Shaping the standards debate: interactive discussions
To reflect on the topics raised during the conference, the IfG and CSPL convened small group discussions to talk through more specific questions:
How can frontline officials uphold high standards of behaviour?
Many of the public’s interactions with the state are with frontline officials in health and social care, policing and local government. How much do th...
Keynote speech: Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Chaired by Tim Durrant, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
This event was part of the IfG’s conference, T...
Speech: Alberto Costa MP, Chair of the Committee on Standards
Chaired by Alex Thomas, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
This event was part of the IfG’s conference, T...
How can politicians demonstrate ethical leadership?
After 30 years of the Nolan Principles, ethical scandals – from partygate to freebiegate – are still a regular feature of UK political life and public...
Welcome and keynote speech by Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH
To mark the 30th anniversary of the Nolan Principles, and to explore how ethical standards can be upheld in the future, the IfG brought together a ser...
How to succeed as a minister
Rumours of a cabinet reshuffle are never far away in Westminster. So how should Keir Starmer approach the delicate task of choosing his top team? The...
What can the government do to improve how the NHS spends money?
After a decade of tight funding settlements and the Covid-19 pandemic, Wes Streeting is the latest health secretary trying to improve NHS productivity...
Effective urban leadership: What are the international lessons for England’s mayors?
As part of its devolution agenda, the government is deepening and extending the mayoral model across England. Fourteen regional mayors are now in offi...