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How is evidence used in tax policy making?
A key tenet of good policy making, including on tax, is use of the best available evidence.
Briefings and barges do not make for good asylum policy
The government’s ‘small boats week’ may fill a recess-shaped hole in the media grid, but won’t help the prime minister ‘stop the boats’.
Becoming a minister: Part 1 – The first day
Former ministers George Eustice, Jim Murphy, Andrea Leadsom and Estelle Morris tell us what happens on the first day in post.
Elected mayors will be undermined by recent changes to the voting system
The next London mayoral election will be the first conducted under first past the post.
Becoming a minister podcast series
In this six-part series, former ministers and civil servants reveal what it is really like to hold ministerial office and how to do the job well.
The Recess Digest
Dominic Grieve and Baroness Armstrong join us to reveal just how switched off parliamentarians can be on their summer break.
Special: Sunak’s ethics plan
Fleur Anderson MP, John Penrose MP and Dr Susan Hawley from Spotlight on Corruption join us to look at the government’s plans to improve standards.
Revamping government reform
The Institute for Government's view on the latest plans for the civil service.
Office for Students
The Office for Students (OfS) is the independent regulator of higher education in England.
Parliament should do more to scrutinise the government’s plans for emergency response
PACAC has looked at the rollout of the new emergency messaging system tested in April.