Properly fascinating and thought provoking discussion Well with a listen for anyone interested in government, governance, and why things don’t work as well as they should 👇

Great book for anyone who wants to understand why government doesn’t work as well as it should, and what we can do to fix it

Excellent as always to chat to @samfr about his fascinating new book…

After a change of government it’s OK for ministers to bring in new people But civil service impartiality requires restrained use of the ‘exceptions’ process, especially for the recently politically aligned, and more transparency Some thoughts from me instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/more-t…

I thought this was as absolutely fascinating conversation with ⁦nazir afzal⁩ and ⁦Hannah White⁩ On the riots, the response of the criminal justice system, and the conclusions we should draw from what happened. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

If you listen to one thing today… This is a really through-provoking episode of the Expert Factor, with guest nazir afzal joining Hannah White Institute for Government and Anand Menon UK in a Changing Europe to discuss why the Rio’s happened - and the government response podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Here at Institute for Government we hold a database of ministerial appointments going back to 1979 I’m very excited to say we’ll shortly be turning it into a public resource - we think it’ll be of use to journalists/academics/others Details of the launch here: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

🎧Listen to Demos Chief Executive Polly Curtis make the case for a new era of participation in policy making on the latest episode of the Expert Factor ⬇️

. GB News has only been called to ask a question by Sir Keir Starmer once in five press conferences since Labour’s election win last month. If you look closely you can spot me, with my hand in the air today in the Downing St garden.

Catherine Smith's appointment as Advocate General for Scotland allows us to put the finishing touches to the Institute for Government Ministers Database – launching to the public on 5 September instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

Great to speak to Times Radio this morning about our report on housebuilding out today. Here we discuss the thorny politics of planning reform - a critical challenge in the past, but now more room for maneuver post-election.

Great new Institute for Government blog from Hannah White on a big autumn ahead for Keir Starmer and the government And tune into BBC Radio 4 right now to hear Hannah on the Westminster Hour

📺 Parliament returns: What next British politics? The budget... legislation... missions... leadership contests.. conferences and more... Don't miss today's 1300 Institute for Government webinar with Giles Wilkes Jill Rutter Alex Thomas and Nick Davies instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/parliame…

Really looking forward to this discussion later on today - do join us to find out all about the Ministers Database: how it came together, what it tells us and what we can use it for!

This is brilliant And now available for everyone to use Take a tour around the Institute for Government Ministers Database .. launched today.

Check out ⁦the excellent ⁦Institute for Government⁩ Ministers Database where you can find out everything you need to know about the 1,100 ministers we’ve had since 1979! This is the product of years of work by IfG colleagues, both past and present! instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-data…

Starting in half an hour!!

Before Christmas I posted that we were hoping to turn the IfG Ministers Database into a public resource and received lots of very useful advice (thanks to all who provided it!) A short thread on the technical side of turning it into a public resource 🧵 x.com/philipnye/stat…

Very happy to have the opportunity to write this with colleagues in the The BMJ there are lots of great uses for deliberative citizen engagement - some risks too which is why political buy in and a route to impact is key. Health is absolutely an area that needs bold action.

Institute for Government have launched their fascinating new Ministers Database. 59.7% of Cons MPs 2010–24 were ministers for some of that time, but only 42.8% of Tory MPs 1979–97, and 43.4% of Labour MPs 1997–2010: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-data…