Does Andy Burnham have a mandate? Here's the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk verdict from @cathhaddon.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/does...

Moving part of No.10 to Manchester could give the beleaguered operation the space it needs to deliver on Burnham’s priorities, but only if the next prime minister is clear what No.10 North is for, says @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Read our comment: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/no10...

PODCAST 🎙️ Brexit at 10: A decade of drama, deals and disruption @adamfleming.bsky.social joins @jillongovt.bsky.social @anandmenon.bsky.social to look back on 10 years of key Brexit moments and explore what they told us about Britain and the world www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/brex...

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What can we expect from (likely) PM Andy Burnham? Expert answers in tomorrow’s @instituteforgovernment.org.uk webinar @samfr.bsky.social @cathhaddon.bsky.social @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/andy-burnham-what-expect-next-prime-minister

Will Andy Burnham’s plan for No.10 North really work? This new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk comment by @hannahkeenan.bsky.social sets out a very good argument for why it could (and how it might not)

Bookmark this! We're publishing 10 thought-provoking Brexit anniversary comment pieces for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk featuring: @gilesyb.bsky.social @claire-ainsley.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @davidlidington.bsky.social Henry Hill & more

NEW: How Keir Starmer can put country before party as his exit looms @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and @alexgathomas.bsky.social call on the PM to seize the initiative and take ownership of the timetable for a transition of power www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir...

NEW @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast! (with a fine @nndroid.bsky.social title) @luketryl.bsky.social joins us from Makerfield - with a week until the by-election - to discuss what it could mean for Andy Burnham, Keir Starmer & the government www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

Follow Megan for all the latest updates to our excellent ministerial charts (and then read @drbenpaxton.bsky.social's blog from earlier this week on the government's unconvincing efforts to find money to pay to pay for defence) www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/slic...

Defence secretary John Healey has just resigned over the govt's Defence Investment Plan, writing that it "falls well short of what is required for defence and the country at this dangerous time". We're getting our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk resignation chart fired back up..

John Healey becomes the 19th minister to resign from Keir Starmer's government. Here's a handy recap of all 19 and why they resigned. Read our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer on ministerial resignations for more info! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...

As tensions rise in Southampton and Westminster, how should government and the police respond to the horrific murder of Henry Nowak? Expert analysis on today's @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast with guest @dannyshaw.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

Government plan to use parliament to protect against judicial review for clean energy infrastructure This could help speed up infrastructure, but reforms won't be easy to implement and should be accompanied by a wider assessment of parliament's role in infrastructure Some thoughts from me 👇

Here’s the very useful @instituteforgovernment.org.uk Labour leadership explainer that gets a shout out in this PM’s Playbook. Featuring an ace graphic by @melissaittoo.bsky.social which maps the possible scenarios for Burnham, Starmer & others.. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/la...

Very useful explainer! Because this issue isn’t going away..

This is good. After speculation about interim prime ministers/warnings about government shutting down, well worth reading this new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk piece by @cathhaddon.bsky.social on the constitutional realities/complexities - and the need for politicians not to create confusion

Can a mayor be an MP...? What happens if a mayor resigns...? How are mayors elected...? Lots of intriguing questions and useful answers in this @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/re...

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/what-n... Now live! Listen to @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @cathhaddon.bsky.social Alex Thomas and me working it out

⏰📺 This must-watch webinar is about to start! Chaos returns to Westminster: What next for Keir Starmer and the government? Send your Qs into @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social & @cathhaddon.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/what-n...

Will government grind to a halt as Labour edges towards a leadership contest? Read this FT piece… Then sign up to Tuesday’s @instituteforgovernment.org.uk webinar to find how things might really work (or not) in the months ahead.. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/what-n...

Excellent answer to a question that keeps coming up..

Delighted to be joining this fantastic panel at the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk next Monday. Lots of important points to discuss.

Is the UK ungovernable? A question that the IfG has been asked a few times this week... So here's the official verdict from @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/is-u...

A King's Speech which aims to please everyone - but may end up leaving many unsatisfied.. Brilliant @instituteforgovernment.org.uk colleagues bring you 10 key takeaways from the King's Speech - & what it says about the government's priorities. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/king...

🎧New @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast Brilliant analysis of what this PM - or the next - needs to do differently @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @cathhaddon.bsky.social @timdurrant.bsky.social & former Starmer adviser @claire-ainsley.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

All sorted www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

It may not be making many headlines today, but the King’s Speech had some very welcome words about civil service reform And it’s a big win for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk too @drhannahwhite.bsky.social and @alexgathomas.bsky.social explain why: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

Big moment for government. And a big moment for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk too.

The government has passed 30 of the 40 bills announced in the King’s Speech 5 have been carried over and 5 have not yet introduced Of those not introduced 4 were draft bills – proposed legislation published for scrutiny before being introduced - 2 of those have been published

Well worth reading the latest @jillongovt.bsky.social blog for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on a system which treated Mandelson as just another FCDO employee, rather than someone who needed to go through a political appointment process.

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🚨30 minutes to go before our expert team set out the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk verdict on the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal, the sacking of Olly Robbins and what it all means for Keir Starmer... www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/peter-...

Olly Robbins is in front of the foreign affairs committee in an hour's time to give his side of the Mandelson vetting story. He is expected to say he followed the rules but here are the 5 things I'm looking for: 🧵

Join us at 12.30 when we will be dissecting the consequences of the Mandelson vetting scandal after Sir Olly Robbins’s evidence to the Foreign Affairs Committee www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/peter-...

TODAY | The Peter Mandelson scandal: What are the lessons for Keir Starmer's government? Join us live at 12:30 as @timdurrant.bsky.social @hannahkeenan.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @drhannahwhite.bsky.social explore the fall-out from the vetting and the sacking of Sir Olly Robbins.

While we hear from Olly Robbins, do sign up for our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk webinar at lunchtime looking at what we can learn from the Mandelson affair... www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/peter-...

Doing a webinar with my very great @instituteforgovernment.org.uk colleagues tomorrow (Tues) lunchtime to try and unpack some of this post Starmer and Robbins statements - do sign up!

The extent to which I would much rather be writing about the IfG's new report on employment support (read it! It's really interesting) tomorrow than yet another round of 'man who refuses to do the job of PM properly continues to be bad at it' cannot be overstated.

📺 The Peter Mandelson scandal: What are the lessons for Keir Starmer's government? Essential @instituteforgovernment.org.uk webinar with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @timdurrant.bsky.social @hannahkeenan.bsky.social Tues 12:30 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/peter-...

Excellent new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk comment by @hannahkeenan.bsky.social on the handling of the Mandelson vetting row fall-out - and the damage being done to civil service-ministerial relations.

Lively debate upstairs @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on whether this was a fiscal event or not (splitting wonkland now). The fiscal eventers (as per @ruthcurtice.bsky.social) argue that there was a big spending figure on SEND, accommodated by a significant revision to the fiscal forecast.

🎧 Essential listening this week as Sir Alex Younger - former MI6 chief - joins the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk podcast to talk Trump, Iran, Starmer, law, war and much more. Plus: The IfG verdict of Rachel Reeves’s spring forecast www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

Rachel Reeves has resisted the temptation to use today's spring forecast to tinker with the tax system. @jillongovt.bsky.social says the chancellor has made the right choice. Keep an eye on our spring forecast 2026 page for more analysis soon www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/spring-forec...

"...sticking to one major fiscal event a year gives the government more time and space to make better policy decisions." @danhaile.bsky.social, IfG senior economist, reacts to today's 'low-key' spring forecast. More analysis to follow soon www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/spring-forec...

The government will publish the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest economic and fiscal forecast today. On Inside Briefing we were joined by Rupert Harrison - former chief of staff to George Osborne - to discuss the forecast. Listen here: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...

Five reasons why today's Spring Forecast should not be a fiscal event, building on what my IfG colleagues wrote last week www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...

Everyone is analysing the implications of the byelection for Keir Starmer and Labour but the most important lessons are for democracy - my latest for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gort...

Westminster is dangerously underprepared for a multi-party future. Brilliant from @drhannahwhite.bsky.social for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the real lesson from the Gorton and Denton by-election.

The new cabinet secretary has a daunting set of tasks ahead, including forging a strong working relationship with the prime minister. But Antonia Romeo can hit the ground running by taking quick decisive action on civil service reform. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/anto...