IfG Events

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 growing again? What will mission-driven government actually mean in practice? Who should be making the key decisions in Westminster – and beyond? And what will the appointment of a new cabinet secretary mean for the future direction of the civil service?

From reforming how the centre of government works to the battle for the future of the civil service, from making a success of levelling up to achieve net zero goals, IfG EVENTS stimulate fresh thinking and share ideas about how government works – and how it could work better.

Government
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Resignations and resets – Boris Johnson’s new N...
43 min
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The UK Constitution: reform, reject or reinvigo...
58 min
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How can government work with the private sector...
60 min
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Will the Subsidy Control Bill make the UK's new...
62 min
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Last Brexmas, I gave you my deal
How is the UK is adjusting to life outside the EU? With Professor Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe
48 min
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Can Boris Johnson's government deliver its prio...
Two years ago, Boris Johnson was elected on a promise to ‘get Brexit done’ and ‘level up’ the UK. Then Covid-19 struck and dominated government time, energy and resources. But with the worst of the crisis now passed, and with the UK having left the EU, where will ministers turn their attention in the second half of the parliament – and is the Government well set up to deliver its priorities?
58 min
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Afghanistan: what did 20 years achieve and what...
66 min
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Can UK trade policy be made greener?
61 min
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In conversation with John Pullinger, Chair of t...
45 min
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What do we want from our MPs?
60 min
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Brexit and immigration: is taking back control ...
63 min
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Devolution and Scotland after the pandemic
In conversation with John Swinney MSP, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
61 min
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In conversation with Andy Street, Mayor of the ...
45 min
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In conversation with Information Commissioner E...
46 min
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Does England need a national transport strategy?
61 min
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In conversation with Gavin Barwell
The inside story of a prime minister’s chief of staff
46 min
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In conversation with David Nabarro
46 min
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The 2021 spending review: the pressures on publ...
64 min
219
Net Zero hots up
41 min
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The view from Northern Ireland
55 min
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Getting cities to net zero
64 min
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Are government departmental boards working?
60 min
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Rail reform: making Great British Railways work...
60 min
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Levelling up or catching up – what next for pub...
62 min
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Hitting net zero: how the government can decarb...
59 min