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Public engagement and net zero
The government must do more to involve the public in designing policies to help the UK transition to a zero-carbon economy.
Agriculture subsidies after Brexit
Having left the EU, the UK is now free to design its own agricultural policy to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Paying for net zero
Working out a fair way to distribute the costs will be among the most important determinants of a successful transition to net zero.
Lee Cain guest paper: IfG response
Lee Cain is right that government communications need an overhaul
Tax and spending questions facing the government in autumn 2021
Numerous spending pressures on government mean Rishi Sunak will face a difficult balancing act this autumn.
Employers and staff need government answers on post-Covid office arrangements
The government’s failure to provide clear guidance for returning office workers will prove a costly abdication of responsibility
Special advisers’ code of conduct
The special advisers’ code of conduct sets out the rules and standards of conduct that special advisers to UK government ministers must abide by.
Productivity and innovation: not such a simple story
Research and development spending is not sufficient to restore the UK economy to productivity growth
Covid Tests: Schools and exams in 2022 and beyond
With exams returning in 2022, the Department for Education and Ofqual face difficult decisions about grading, fairness and restoring confidence in the
The prime minister is running out of time to secure a COP26 success
The prime minister urgently needs to move his flagship climate conference up his political agenda