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Mayors and the Localism Bill
This briefing note provides the Institute's view on how the Localism Bill could be strengthened.
Financing efficiency
For years the government has been using private money for capital projects and public money for services, but is this value for money?
Sticky red tape?
Now is a good time to ask whether the Red Tape Challenge is falling short of deregulators’ expectations.
Risky business
The government is relying on the pricing and transfer of risk to improve public services but their track record on understanding risk is poor.
A more agile democracy
More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition arguing that convicted London rioters should lose all benefits.
Who leads what?
Events over the last fortnight have highlighted in stark terms the role leadership plays in handling national crises.
I didn’t predict a riot
On Monday night riots in London turned into a serious crisis.
Bonfire or damp squib: the real story behind civil service headcount
According to reports there is an apparent explosion in the recruitment of civil service and quango bureaucrats since the last election.
Loyalty?
Intrigued by a play that puts government quite literally centre stage, the Ifg trooped off en masse to the Hampstead Theatre to have a look.
More mayors for a Greater Manchester?
The English Democrats’ new campaign intends to breathe competition and accountability into local government.