“It is the attitude that the next government takes to the role of parliament that will actually make the difference, however the large the majority it secures”

Excellent as ever from Hannah White on the supermajority fallacy

Better support for ministers is a common IfG refrain - but it's also a common request from ministers too, as our Ministers Reflect archive shows

Tonight, Alun Evans will be launching his new Biteback Publishing book, The Intimacy of Power, at Queen Mary University of London! Alun will be joined by Dr Catherine Haddon and former Cabinet Secretary Lord Turnbull for a whirlwind tour of Private Office. A handful of tickets are available⬇️

🔗qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/mei…

Still a few general election campaign twists and turns to go….

But this type of question could be crucial if Labour win

Great blog by Alex Thomas and Dr Catherine Haddon for Institute for Government 👇

I always love the IfG but especially so when they do fascinating analysis of my Angela Rayner scoops! 😍

Really interesting piece about how she will use her role as deputy PM after my stories that she'll recreate an Office of the Deputy PM and make a cross-gov Homelessness Unit

New from me and Dr Catherine Haddon - on Angela Rayner’s potential role in government

There’s been plenty of commentary about the Starmer/Rayner relationship. But (@PronouncedAlva aside) not so much on how she will operate as deputy PM

Here’s our effort

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/angela…

Sensible stuff in here on Labour's thoughts about how they would rewire gov around Missions

& some promising overlap w recommendations in Institute for Government's Centre Commission

But there are opportunities not in here that a Labour gov shouldn't miss 🧵

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/po…

On Monday, Mile End Institute will welcome the former Cabinet Secretary Lord Turnbull, constitutional guru Dr Catherine Haddon and Alun Evans, the author of The Intimacy of Power: Whitehall's Most Sensitive Network to Queen Mary University of London.

Tickets are still available but are going fast so secure yours⬇️

Manifestos set out the policies a political party would deliver if it were to win a general election.

But how are manifestos written? What is the importance of manifestos in an election campaign? And how are they costed?

Here's what you need to know instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mani…

What this letter from Simon Case actually shows is that
- not all of the costs the PM used were calculated by the civil service
- the calculations were based on Conservative Party assumptions

So the PM’s claims during the debate remain inaccurate and misleading

Thanks Ed Balls for the shout out for our Institute for Government manifestos explainer (and the day the Labour and Conservative launches collided)!

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mani…

Entirely predictable that this would happen (and the accompanying NSA position) -- govt should have known better than to go ahead with it and put everyone in a difficult position

With the parties' manifestos expected to be published this week, our explainer looks at how manifestos are written, how they're costed and what role they play in government instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mani…

🚨📺🎧 General election 2024: What’s in the Conservative manifesto?

Tuesday 16:00

Brilliant Institute for Government line up

Hannah White Giles Wilkes Nick Davies Emma_Norris

Register now:

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/general-…

First up, School of History, Queen Mary University of London's James Ellison, Dr Catherine Haddon from Institute for Government and Lord Turnbull will be discussing Alun's book, The Intimacy of Power! They will be exploring what ministerial private office is, why it matters, and how it might change in future.

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Great write up of our Institute for Government event on 31 May instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/civil-se… - but we had so many unanswered questions Dr Catherine Haddon Alex Thomas came back for supplementaries instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/inside…

The parties' election manifestos are expected next week⏰

How are they made? ✍️

Why do they matter? 🔎

& what happens when they go wrong? 🚨

My report on BBC Sounds

Featuring Jo Johnson, Andrew Fisher, Angela Eagle DBE and Dr Catherine Haddon

👇🎧

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Ahead of tonight's election debate, the Institute for Government has outlined the main challenges facing the next PM. How they engage with devolved governments will be critical for delivering their agenda.

So what is the current state of UK devolution? Here are 5 key challenges.

This has been an enormous amount of work from Finn Baker and Philip Nye

Throughly enjoyed answer in your questions!!

We were only supposed to record another half an hour but there were just so many…

Anyway, do send more in.