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Thomas Pope
Deputy Chief Economist
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Capital spending in public services
Crumbling schools, hospitals and prisons need a new capital spending plan to turn performance around.
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Funding local growth in England
The next government must end "begging bowl culture" of local growth funding.
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How the next government should complete the job of English devolution
The next government must extend devolution to 85% of England to deliver meaningful and balanced economic growth.
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Where next for levelling up?
This short paper highlights five key challenges that any government seeking to reduce regional inequalities will need to address.
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A Labour government would need to take big decisions to deliver on its devolution agenda
Do Keir Starmer’s and Angela Rayner’s devolution plans add up?
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How can devolution deliver regional growth in England?
Only coherent devolution can drive economic growth in England.
Six things we learned from the spring budget 2023
What the chancellor's announcement revealed about the government's plans for tax and spending policy.
What do Keir Starmer’s five missions reveal about how Labour would govern?
A team of IfG experts assess whether Starmer’s "five bold missions" stack up
Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Criminal courts
The backlog of cases that started during the pandemic will affects courts for years to come.
Whitehall Monitor 2023: Overview
This edition of Whitehall Monitor assesses the change, performance and priorities of the civil service.
Whitehall Monitor 2023: Methodology
How we produced our analysis for Whitehall Monitor 2023.
Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Conclusion): The year ahead
The ways in which the civil service should change to better serve the UK in 2023 and beyond.
Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Part 3): Civil service effectiveness
This part of Whitehall Monitor 2023 assesses the extent to which the civil service was effective at undertaking its key responsibilities in 2022.
Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Part 2): Government reform
This part of Whitehall Monitor 2023 analyses efforts to reform government, and the civil service in particular, last year.
Whitehall Monitor 2023 (Part 1): The size, cost and make-up of the civil service
This part of Whitehall Monitor 2023 analyses the ways in which the civil service changed in 2022 and what these changes mean for its priorities.