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The world is changing in ways scarcely imaginable only a few months ago. As government reconfigures itself to deal with new challenges, the IfG will continue to bring together politicians, s...
The Institute for Government was pleased to welcome Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister for Housing and Planning, to give a speech on leasehold r...
Successive UK governments have made immigration policy a high political priority, but no recent government has seemed to meet public expecta...
Improving productivity is at the heart of the government’s plans for public services, underpins the ‘strategic and agile state’ and is a cri...
The second webinar in our three-part series focusing on the findings of Whitehall Monitor 2026. The webinar featured: Heloise Dunlop, Resear...
Our first webinar in a three-part series focused on the findings of Whitehall Monitor 2026. The first Whitehall Monitor webinar – kicking of...
With just a few weeks remaining before May’s Scottish parliament election, Malcolm Offord, Leader of Reform UK in Scotland, joined us to dis...
The IfG DevoLab is dedicated to exploring the innovations enabled by devolution, learning from the results, and sharing the lessons so that...
This event took place two months before the people of Wales cast their votes in the seventh election to Senedd Cymru (the Welsh parliament)...
The government’s ambitious local government reorganisation (LGR) programme will replace all county and district councils with a single tier...
On 13 March 2025, Keir Starmer announced the abolition of NHS England, the arm’s-length body responsible for overseeing, planning, funding a...
In 2024, Eluned Morgan MS became the sixth first minister of Wales – and the first woman to hold the role – since the dawn of devolution in...
Following the publication of Whitehall Monitor 2026, the Institute for Government’s annual data-led analysis of the state of the UK civil se...
Trump’s second term has been markedly different from his first and has already brought with it the most radical shift in US foreign policy s...
The government is making major changes to the structure of the NHS. NHS England is being abolished, with its functions merged into the Depar...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. The shadow chancellor delivered a speech, followed by a conversation wi...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. Political journalist Carolyn Quinn, former presenter of the BBC’s Westm...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. The Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister discussed why his role spanni...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. A preview of the issues at stake in the hugely significant elections ta...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. Drawing on brand new IfG research, this panel gave its verdict on the g...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. An expert panel explored how well No.10 and the Treasury work together...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. Baroness Louise Casey, the government's Lead Non-Executive Director and...
This event was part of Government 2026, the IfG's annual conference. Opening remarks from Dr Hannah White, Director and CEO of the Institute...
The government’s ‘devolution revolution’ in England will see newly-created strategic authorities given greater powers to shape local economi...
On 20 November, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry published its second report – four and a half years after the inquiry was first announced by Boris J...
On 20 November 2025, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry will publish its second report. This module focuses on political and administrative decision ma...
At May’s UK-EU summit, Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a new Common Understanding between the E...
Poor public service performance was a key reason for Labour’s victory in the 2024 election. Following the new government’s first multi-year...
This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference programme. Speakers: Katherine Fairclough, Chief Executive of Liverpool City Region...
This event was part of the IfG's Labour Party Conference programme. Speakers: Dr Jo Bibby, Director of Health at Health Foundation Stuart Ho...
Better use of technology, the transition from analogue to digital, and greater innovation are at the heart of the 10 Year Health Plan. This...
Keir Starmer has announced plans for a new digital ID scheme to combat illegal working and make it easier for people to use vital government...
The fast stream, the civil service’s flagship talent development programme, has recently seen a record number of applications and reclaimed...
The IfG DevoLab is a new initiative from the Institute for Government dedicated to exploring the innovations enabled by devolution, learning...
As well as the election of a new government, the last year has seen the appointment of a new cabinet secretary and eight new permanent secre...
Productivity in public services has never been more important. Most services are struggling to return to pre-pandemic performance levels, an...
The IfG team headed to Birmingham to explore how mayors can secure and deliver private investment into their regions in pursuit of growth an...
The government’s major restructuring of local government will be a formidable challenge for local officials and political leaders in 164 dis...
The government’s ambitious vision for the health system can only be delivered by changing the behaviour of thousands of different organisati...
Speakers: Richard Fuller MP, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Thomas Pope, Deputy Chief Economist at the Institute for Government Ryan...
Speakers: David Simmonds MP, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Dr Tom Arnold, Research Associate at the Heseltine In...
Speakers: Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Caroline Elsom, Head of Reshaping The State at Onward Eve Norridge,...
Speakers: Mayor Paul Bristow, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Professor Duncan Ivison, President and Vice-Chancellor of the Univers...
Speaker: Baroness Barran MBE, Shadow Minister for Education Dr Kieran Mullan MP, Shadow Minister for Justice Cllr Abi Brown OBE, Deputy Lead...
Speakers: Rt Hon Lord Willetts, Chair of the Regulatory Innovation Office and former Minister for Universities and Science Helen Bower-Easto...
Speakers: Tim Leunig, Chief Econonist at Nesta Dave Penman, General Secretary at the FDA Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute f...
Speakers: Maya Ellis MP, Member of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Mayor Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpo...
Speakers: Rt Hon John Denham, former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe, Leader of Council & Cor...
Speakers: Lisa Bungeroth, Director of Public Affairs at Imperial College London Thomas Cawston, Corporate Affairs Lead at Novartis Pharmaceu...
Speakers: Alex McIntyre MP, Member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Kevin McKenna MP, Officer of the All-Party Parliamentary G...
Speakers: Jake Richards MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary at the Ministry of Justice Deputy Mayor Kate Green, Deputy Mayor for Safer and Str...