Policy making
How can the government learn from the past to make levelling up a success?
With previous attempts to level up let down by frequent churn in institutions and programmes, this event explored what lessons government can learn.
The new Levelling Up Bill lacks the ambition needed to deliver
The government needs to show more ambition than the new Levelling Up Bill
IT constraints can shape policy design – but are no excuse for failing to act
reports of IT systems preventing Sunak from raising benefits overstate the barriers he faced and underplay the importance of his choices
The Universal Credit end game is here – but it won't be easy
The end of the transition to Universal Credit is in sight, but its completion remains one of its biggest challenges
Can the government meet levelling up expectations by the next general election?
Alex Norris, Shadow Minister for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government, joins us for this event exploring what the public expects of
Should all schools be academies?
This event explored the proposals in the new education white paper – the first time since 2016 that the government has set out a vision for the future
How should the government align levelling up and net zero?
Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, joined us for this panel event on how levelling up and net zero will be brought to
The government’s Rwanda asylum seeker plan won't work
The Home Office has not made the case for relocating migrants to Rwanda or shown that it has learnt the lessons of Windrush
The government must rethink its resettlement programme for Ukrainian refugees
The UK government’s response to Ukraine’s refugee crisis is cumbersome, confusing and in need of an urgent overhaul
The IfG response to the British Energy Security Strategy
The energy security strategy does little to address questions of security and affordability in the short to medium term.