NEW: Access to Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results, by as much as three GCSE grades.

THREAD on Nick Ridpath, Sarah Cattan and Pedro Carneiro’s new report, funded by Nuffield Foundation, on Sure Start’s impact on educational outcomes: [1/10]

It’s time!!! We are recruiting for our next cohort of 6 research interns to start in September 2024 - it’s going to be a fascinating year to have a ringside view of Westminster - do apply (or forward to anyone who might like to…) instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/caree…

Lots of discussion about levelling up, and Labour's plans for the agenda. Last year we held a series of events on the topic with Policy@Manchester in London, Manchester and at party conferences. This short paper highlights some of the key insights

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/wh…

The Treasury needs to engage earlier and more widely on tax reform instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/treasu… via Institute for Government

EVENT: The Treasury is perhaps the most powerful department in Whitehall. But does it have too much influence over government policy?

Join us on Weds 20 March when we'll ask #HMTreasury perm sec James Bowler, Anita Charlesworth, David Gauke Giles Wilkes 📺📅instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/treasury…

definitely the best internship going if you are interested in how government works. Find out more (and RT) 👇

See the full piece, with David Burgherr Andy Summers, here:

newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

On Monday at Institute for Government, Gordon Brown argued that a strong Treasury is essential for govt

Is that right or can it dominate too much? Does it have a problematic “orthodoxy”?

HMT perm sec and excellent panel discussing that and more next week at IfG: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/treasury…

Great to see an ⁦Financial Times⁩ editorial picking up on the excellent ⁦Institute for Government⁩ report about how to fix our fiscal rules - by the brilliant ⁦Gemma Tetlow⁩ ⁦Olly Bartrum⁩ & ⁦Thomas Pope⁩ (available here instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/st…) on.ft.com/3vdA4th

Biggest disappointment in the Budget was increasing the VAT threshold, when there’s so much evidence the current high level is damaging.

Edward is former Executive Chair of HMRC and normally v diplomatic.