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Parliament and the government must urgently explore options for online scrutiny and voting
The pandemic requires urgent co-operation between the government and parliament to allow essential scrutiny and voting to be conducted remotely.
The start of wholesale change in how the NHS and social care operate?
The health service has been promised “whatever it needs” to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, but government spending choices reveal possible long-t
Cancelling debt will improve the lives of Universal Credit claimants
The government should cancel or delay reclaiming billions of pounds of old benefit debt that is causing real hardship to Universal Credit claimants.
Government must make reforms to avoid another Carillion
The IfG warns that the Johnson government risks ‘another Carillion’ if it doesn’t get behind the reforms put forward after the firm’s liquidation.
Government underspending puts investment plans at risk
The IfG finds that departments may struggle to spend the money they are allocated as part of Johnson’s ambitious infrastructure investment plans.