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The development of the UK’s offshore wind sector 2010–16
What can this and future governments learn from the UK's successes in offshore wind policy in the 2010s?
Five key questions for Rishi Sunak at the Conservative party conference
The IfG expert team set out the questions that need answering as the Conservative party gathers in Manchester
What is the point of party conferences?
On a new podcast – The Expert Factor – Dr Hannah White, Anand Menon from UKICE, and Paul Johnson from the IFS, look ahead to the party conferences.
Funding health care in England
The NHS’s recent travails have led once again to claims that the model is “broken” and that the answer is to change how health care is funded.
Rishi Sunak's conference call
The Spectator’s political correspondent James Heale and Robert Colville join the podcast team for a special party conference preview.
Rishi Sunak’s “wholly new kind of politics” does not bear scrutiny
The prime minister should raise his sights beyond short-term party-political point scoring.
The Liberal Democrats should learn from the coalition's constitutional reform failures
The general election could give the Lib Dems a chance to influence government policy.
Rachel Reeves has made welcome moves to improve fiscal policy making
Liz Truss's autumn mini-budget is a lesson in how not to do fiscal policy.
ULEZ and its expansion
What is London's Ultra Low Emissions Zone, and why has its expansion caused such controversy?
Rishi Sunak's net zero strategy is not more honest and pragmatic
The prime minister has risked politicising the climate crisis and breaking the net zero consensus.