Public finances
Royal finances
The British royal family has wealth and receives income from several different sources, some with very long histories.
The chancellor has changed direction but policy uncertainty comes with costs
The chancellor has demonstrated clear thinking about current problems – but uncertainty over policy brings real costs
Tackling rising inflation and slowing growth
The economic crisis facing the UK is very different to the 2008 financial crash and the early 1990s recession – which means a very different response
Windfall taxes
The term ‘windfall tax’ is used to describe a one-off tax levied on companies deemed to have made unreasonably high profits.
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.
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
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
Five things we learned from the Queen’s Speech
The Institute for Government team runs the rule over the legislative programme set out in the Queen's Speech
The cabinet’s micro-measures fall short of easing the cost-of-living crisis
The government can do far more to help ease pressure on household budgets than brainstorming cost-neutral ideas
The Office for the Internal Market’s new analysis must help shape decisions
The Office for the Internal Market now needs to think about how it can influence the decisions on the system governing intra-UK trade