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‘A deeply broken system’: is it time England abandoned council tax?
Senior researcher Stuart Hoddinott comments in The Guardian on the property valuation system and its impact on the calculation of council tax.
Labour plans immediate ban on most second jobs for UK MPs
Dr Hannah White comments in the FT on Labour's plans regarding second jobs for MPs.
England local elections: what’s up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?
IfG researcher Millie Mitchell comments on the importance of the upcoming mayoral elections in The Guardian.
Governments need to take record-keeping seriously in the digital age
FT columnist Stephen Bush highlights recent IfG recommendations on transparency of government communications.
Starmer deputy Angela Rayner seeks new power base in future Labour government
Programme director Alex Thomas comments in Bloomberg on Rayner's plans to set up a new Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner vow to revive levelling up
Deputy chief economist Tom Pope comments in The Times on the government's levelling up efforts following recent comments from Labour.
Let 2024 be the year our hotchpotch bureaucracy is consigned to history
Sir Anthony Seldon, Deputy Chair of the Commission on the Centre of Government, writes in The Times about the need for reform.
Today in Parliament
Senior researcher Rebecca McKee appears on BBC Radio 4's Today in Parliament to discuss MPs who switch party allegiance as Lee Anderson joins Reform.
FT Political Fix: why is it so hard for prime ministers to get things done?
Dr Hannah White appears on the FT's Political Fix podcast to discuss the final report of the Commission on the Centre of Government.
How to fix a broken Whitehall
Baroness Morgan, a Commissioner on the Commission on the Centre of Government, writes in The New Statesman about the final report's recommendations.