Policy making
The heat and buildings strategy shows the government is grappling with the right problems
The government's long-awaited plan to decarbonise homes is big on heat pumps but curiously silent on energy efficiency
The government's net zero strategy: a good start but big gaps remain
The government will have to add detail, and confront hard choices, if their green transition targets within it are to be realistic
Net zero and the tax system
Failing to set out a clear and consistent approach to reaching net zero will raise the costs of the transition.
How can the UK make COP26 a success?
With less than a month until the conference, what are the potential sticking points in negotiations?
Conservative Party Conference: high on Boris Johnson’s optimism, low on new policy
The Institute for Government team headed to Manchester to take the temperature of the Conservative Party conference
Data Bites #23: getting things done with data in government
Or Lenchner, Andrew Engeli, Bethan Charnley and Patrick Royce joined us for this month's Data Bites.
IfG at the Conservative Party Conference 2021, Manchester
The Institute for Government hosted a number of fringe events at the 2021 Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
IfG at the Labour Party Conference 2021, Brighton
The Institute for Government hosted a number of fringe events at the 2021 Labour Party Conference in Brighton.
Health and social care levy
The government announced plans for a new ‘health and social care levy’. But how will it work?
Levelling up
The government’s flagship levelling up agenda lacks clear objectives, with policies often contradicting ministerial rhetoric about decentralising powe