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Cabinet moves, 14:30, 27 October 2022
Rishi Sunak's completed appointments to his cabinet.
Cabinet appointments each calendar year, 1979–2022
Between them, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak made 54 cabinet appointments in 2022.
Rishi Sunak's five promises duck big challenges for government
Dr Hannah White argues that the PM has set himself a deliberately low bar – while ducking challenges that need addressing.
Constitutions under pressure: Lessons for the UK
In this episode, we examine constitutional challenges and reflect on what lessons we can learn for the UK constitution.
The IfG Review of 2022 – The year of living dangerously
Politico's Jack Blanchard joins us to look back at a year which raised the bar for political chaos and confusion.
2022: The Institute for Government’s Year in Review
Dr Hannah White looks back on a year which stretched British government to its limits.
Hiding behind the pay review bodies will not help end the strikes
Ministers are wrong to suggest that the independent pay review bodies dictate public sector pay settlements.
The government is right to rebalance funding towards disadvantaged councils
Stuart Hoddinott welcomes the new local government finance settlement's announcement that more money will go to disadvantaged councils.
Ofgem
Ofgem is the public body responsible for overseeing the electricity and gas markets.
The UK can't improve its Brexit deal without EU agreement
Brexit is back, but Jill Rutter says it is not clear that the EU is in the market for reducing the economic damage caused by the Johnson-Frost deal