How to successfully deliver refugee resettlement In this paper, @sachinsavur.bsky.social and @catherineriachi.bsky.social summarise a roundtable discussion bringing together different parts of government working on resettlement schemes. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

So now we know what the government's Ethics and Integrity Commission will do! I've had a look for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk - lots of positives here, but it's only one step along the way... www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...

What do we know about this this Labour government’s special advisers and how Keir Starmer and his ministers are using them? @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social digs into the data to find out www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...

Lots of focus right now is (very rightly) on the use - and length of - the super-injunction. But this data breach is a sobering reminder of the extent to which gov botched the 2021 evacuation from Kabul and the impacts of it having done so. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/afgh...

Crises lurk around every corner and with 89 risks set out in grisly detail in the National Risk Register, ministers must prepare for whatever comes We've written about new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk research on ministerial leadership during crises for @thehousemag.bsky.social Read about it 👇

Last week we hosted our mega @instituteforgovernment.org.uk conference on standards in public life - if you couldn't make it, here are the things we learned: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/ifg-...

Yesterday the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk hosted our mega conference on ethics and standards in public life. All the sessions are available to watch here, and we'll be reflecting on the key themes next week. But here are some initial thoughts... www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/nolan-...

Another Zia Yusuf tweet that shows a lack of understanding of how local govt works 1) Kent is not responsible for appointing auditors. Fees are set and auditors appointed by a body call Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA)

📣New @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report & guide on ministerial leadership during crises Most government ministers will face a crisis of one type or another in office – and this can be make or break. So how can a minister successfully prepare for crises and what roles can they play? 🧵

What are you doing next Monday lunchtime? If you're interested in how ministers can make the most of their time in office, and make progress in the role, come to our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event to hear more! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/how-su...

EVENT | How to succeed as a minister 📅Monday 16 June, 12.30-13.30 Join us to to explore what ministers need to do to succeed in government, with Lucy Frazer KC, Rt Hon James Purnell and @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social Register for the event🎫 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/how-su...

New comment from @alexgathomas.bsky.social and me: Local authorities are caught between the triple pressures of lower funding, rising demand, and legal obligations to deliver services. Reform's "DOGE" cannot change that brutal reality Short 🧵👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/doge...

Baroness Curran is the seventh departure from Starmer's government – she's left just two weeks after her predecessor, Lord Hunt, retired.

NEW: The govt's migration plan once again leaves adult social care out in the cold There is strong rhetoric about improving pay, but the govt is steadfastly ignoring the elephant in the room: it will require spending more on local govt 🧵👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...

First ministerial direction of the Starmer government has been published – around taking control of British Steel. The DBT permanent secretary said the speed of the decision meant he could not confirm it would be feasible and achieve value for money www.gov.uk/government/p...

[NEW] Why government should introduce an annual Migration Plan The government needs an Annual Migration Plan to end decades of incoherent, disconnected and unpredictable immigration policy. 📖 Read our latest report www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Great blog from @sachinsavur.bsky.social. Asylum accommodation is a prime example of where accountability for poor performance can fall down in public procurement: poor contract management, and limited competition "It is harder to sanction a poor performer when you don’t have many other options"

While we all speculate about what exactly the PM will say tomorrow and what the balance between ministers, depts and public bodies should be over policy decisions, I thought I'd have a look through the @instituteforgov.bsky.social's interviews with former ministers to see what they have to say...

Starmer's cut to the aid budget means a really tough set of choices ahead for foreign office ministers - they will need to be very clear on what they're cutting (and not fudge the trade-offs) www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/anne...

Anneliese Dodds has quit over Starmer's aid cuts meaning another uptick for the @instituteforgov.bsky.social resignations chart She is the fifth minister to leave the government (and the fourth to resign) since the GE

Better transparency in public procurement could be a win-win for government and suppliers. New from @sachinsavur.bsky.social and I on making this a reality as this major change in procurement regulation goes live www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/proc...

New Ministers Reflect interviews from @instituteforgov.bsky.social out now! Clare Short, John Denham and Matt Hancock discuss setting up new departments, dealing with the centre of government and facing era defining crises like the the pandemic www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re... 🧵

[NEW] Today we have published our new wave of #MinistersReflect interviews, featuring Matt Hancock, Clare Short, and @jydenham.bsky.social 📄Read them in full www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...

NEW: The @instituteforgov.bsky.social has today published exclusive interviews with nine former Scottish and Welsh Ministers. The transcripts are full of insights into brexit, the pandemic, and government breakdowns. But what advice did they have for their fellow ministers?

Today we’ve published Whitehall Monitor, the IfG’s annual report looking at the shape and size of the civil service As well as incisive analysis on how the civil service is performing, it also contains loads of great data viz. A short thread on some of my highlights 🧵

Well it seems inevitable now - but does Siddiq's resignation point to a bigger problem in the PM's team, that they can't see how these things look to people outside? www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/tuli...

Tulip Siddiq's resignation is the 2nd of Starmer’s govt meaning it is time to update the @instituteforgov.bsky.social ministerial resignations chart! For the independent adviser on ministerial standards who advises on the ministerial code 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/in...

1. On a bright November morning, the final tranche of spad data for the Sunak government was released, completing 14 years of Conservative (and coalition) spad data. At @instituteforgov.bsky.social we’ve crunched the numbers – here’s what we found - www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/14-y...

Baroness Hodge, former minister and former chair of the PAC, has been announced as the PM's new anti-corruption champion We sat down with her in September as part of the IfG's Ministers Reflect project 🧵 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...

Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill has passed it's first hurdle. So what happens next? A new @instituteforgov.bsky.social explainer www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/ki...

The Commons will meet in 30 minutes time (09:30) for the first private members' bill Friday of the session, with Kim Leadbeater's Terminally Ill Adults Bill the first on the order paper I'll be tweeting on the procedural points here throughout the morning 🧵

Big news this morning - the first resignation of Starmer’s premiership. Check out the chart below and see all the details of current and former ministers on our database www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-da...

Louise Haigh is Starmer's first minister to resign, 146 days into his premiership – so of course at @instituteforgov.bsky.social we've got a chart to update. He's done better than his recent predecessors – Gavin Williamson resigned just 15 days after Sunak became PM

As Storm Bert moves on and the clean-up begins, what can ministers learn from how their predecessors dealt with flooding? Well, they can ask their colleagues - or read their interviews in the @instituteforgov.bsky.social #MinistersReflect interviews www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-re...

Ahead of tomorrow's event, read our comment on why the CSPL is well-placed to support a "politics of service". But @timdurrant.bsky.social @sachinsavur.bsky.social say it must keep adapting to ever-changing political and technological landscapes www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/comm...

How can ambitious MPs – Labour backbenchers or the new shadow cabinet alike – prepare to be ministers? @sachinsavur.bsky.social and I look at a new wave of @instituteforgov.bsky.social Ministers Reflect interviews to see how ministers get ahead www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/mini... 🧵