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The highlights of my latest thinking on regulation and growth are now here for you in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social: www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article... (and if that whets your appetite, more detail here: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk).
Regulation and growth: Will the government’s strategy deliver?
The government is taking steps to align regulation with its growth agenda – what has it got right, and what is missing?
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November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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shawharriet.bsky.social
New funding plans for mayors may not have made the headlines last week but they represent important steps on the government's journey to 'complete the map' of English devolution.

More from me, @akashpaun.bsky.social and @matthewfright.bsky.social below.
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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jillongovt.bsky.social
The EU reset seemed to hit some buffers over - surprise, surprise - money at the weekend. Listen to our top panellists at our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social event dissect progress and pitfalls 10 days ago www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/six-mo...
The UK-EU ‘reset': Six months on | Institute for Government
Professor Anand Menon and Sir Ivan Rogers joined us to explore the UK's new 'deal' with the EU and how much progress has been made on it.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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EVENT | How can changes to NHS structures help deliver the 10 Year Health Plan?

How can the government ensure that the new national structure works effectively?
@novartis.bsky.social @njdavies.bsky.social

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November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Are you an accomplished communicator with a strong track record in sales, business development, or fundraising?

We are looking for a Partnerships Manager to join our team.

Applications close on Monday 8 December, 11:00 ⏰ www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
A job advert. Partnerships Manager Join our team and help us make government more effective! Permanent position starting as soon as notice period allows. Salary: £48,000 to £52,000, depending on skills and experience Deadline: Monday 8 December, 11:00am www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/current-vacancies/partnerships-manager
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Devolving growth: What are the challenges and opportunities for new strategic authorities?

Join us for our event on how new strategic authorities can develop effective local economic strategies
@rebeccamckee.bsky.social @akashpaun.bsky.social

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November 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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After months of warnings about the state of the economy and tax rises – including from the chancellor herself – the story of the budget turned out to be rather different.

The IfG's experts review the key things we learnt from the Rachel Reeves plans www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/autu...
Autumn budget 2025: What did we learn from Rachel Reeves’ announcements? | Institute for Government
IfG experts review the key things we learnt from the 2025 budget.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
Agree with every word of this

We've gone from 9% of social care staff coming from outside the UK and EEA in 2021/22 to almost 25% in 2024/25

The govt has no near-term replacement

It means either:
1) staffing shortages or
2) councils spending far more to attract staff, with no extra funding
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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New funding plans will give mayors more autonomy to boost growth

The chancellor's budget announcements are important steps on the government’s journey to ‘complete the map’ of English devolution www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/autu...
New funding plans will give mayors more autonomy to boost growth | Institute for Government
Longer-term funding arrangements are a welcome step towards deepening English devolution.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Autumn budget 2025: What did we learn from Rachel Reeves’ announcements?

From tax rises to OBR forecasts and cost of living, our IfG experts give their verdict on the chancellor’s plans www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/autu...
Autumn budget 2025: What did we learn from Rachel Reeves’ announcements? | Institute for Government
IfG experts review the key things we learnt from the 2025 budget.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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What is the growth story in Rachel Reeves' budget?

Our senior fellow @gilesyb.bsky.social shares his take www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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"Business wanted stability. Reeves has the same plan as she had before. They should not complain."

My very short take on the Budget and Growth has been published. It is obviously the only correct one, so I recommend you read it all the way through

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Next week! @jimreedbbc.bsky.social is joining us at the IfG to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.

@rebeccamckee.bsky.social @timdurrant.bsky.social

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November 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Work with us! 🚨 We are looking for a Partnerships Manager to lead the business function within our partnerships team.

⏰ Applications close on Monday 8 December at 11:00.

Find out more about the role and how to apply www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...
A job advert. Partnerships Manager Join our team and help us make government more effective! Permanent position starting as soon as notice period allows. Salary: £48,000 to £52,000, depending on skills and experience Deadline: Monday 8 December, 11:00am www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/current-vacancies/partnerships-manager
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Economic and fiscal forecasts are a critical part of the government budget process. But what data and assumptions go into them?

Read our latest explainer on OBR forecasts www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/of...
How does the Office for Budget Responsibility produce economic and fiscal forecasts? | Institute for Government
Economic and fiscal forecasts are a critical part of the government budget process. But what data and assumptions go into them?
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November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Next week! @jimreedbbc.bsky.social is joining us at the IfG to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.

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November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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EVENT | Devolving growth: What are the challenges and opportunities for new strategic authorities?

📅 Wednesday 3 December, 11:00-12:00

Join us as we explore how new strategic authorities can deliver local economic growth www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/devolv...
An image for an IfG event: Devolving growth: What are the challenges and opportunities for new strategic authorities? Wednesday 03 December 2025, 11:00 — 12:00 (GMT) Professor Lisa Collins, Pro Vice Chancellor, Research and Innovation at the University of Surrey Dr Rebecca McKee, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government Tom Walker, Executive Director, Policy, Economy, Investment and Public Health at Essex County Council Mayor Claire Ward, Mayor of the East Midlands The event will be chaired by Akash Paun, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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What are the funding implications of the budget for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

@meganisaac.bsky.social explores on our autumn budget live blog www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
A bar chart from the Institute for Government showing the Barnett consequentials for devolved nations announced in the budget 2025
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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This morning we’ll be sharing some further analysis of the chancellor's big budget decisions.

In the meantime, check out the summary post on our autumn budget live blog, which highlights some of yesterday's key takeaways www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
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November 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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aliceolilly.bsky.social
Away from the Budget...

Nominations to be the next Lord Speaker close later on today. It's a role that's quite different from that of the Commons Speaker. Of course we have an explainer on it
Lord Speaker | Institute for Government
What is the role of the Lord Speaker?
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November 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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njdavies.bsky.social
Pleased to see the govt commitment to using procurement to drive innovation. Procurement accounts for roughly 1 in 3 pounds spent by govt but it's utterly unstrategic about how it uses this

@drbenpaxton.bsky.social and I previously identified the barriers that the task-and-finish needs to remove
The government will leverage its procurement budgets to drive innovation. Each department will appoint a senior Procurement Innovation Champion, responsible for defining and delivering its innovation priorities through procurement. To accelerate access for strategically important innovative firms, the government will launch an Innovation Marketplace and establish a task-and-finish group to remove internal barriers to innovative procurement. Demonstrating a new approach, the government has launched an advance market commitment (AMC) to spur investment in clean concrete technologies, backed by Scottish Water, Ramboll, Derwent London, Atkins Realis UK, and Heathrow. Subject to due diligence, the government will launch another AMC, worth up to £100 million, for novel AI inference chips. Screenshot from IFG report: However, there are several barriers to effectively using public procurement to support the government’s missions and new ‘mission-led’ ways of working, including: • insufficient clarity about the government’s missions, which limits the public sector’s market shaping ability • pervasive aversion to risk and uncertainty • a lack of forward planning, which means there is often not enough time to explore how the market could provide new solutions • commercial professionals being brought into the policy process too late • procurements starting with over-specified solutions rather than outcomes • innovation often being initially available at a small scale • low quality of procurement data • insufficient senior commercial capacity and contract management capability • limited cross-government working between commercial professionals
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Rachel Reeves has introduced what is effectively a new tax on high-value properties – although dressed up as an extension of council tax.

So when is a council tax reform not a council tax reform? Read @jillongovt.bsky.social's post on our live blog www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Experimenting with public services’ funding flows could improve value for money

It’s crucial that the govt works out how and what it will evaluate in each pilot area and can bring those learnings into the 2027 SR, says @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announces tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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"Either damaging cuts to unprotected services or fictitious spending numbers"

Read @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social verdict on today's budget and what it means for public services on our live blog www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
"The government’s spending plans beyond the end of this spending review period either imply damaging cuts to unprotected public services like local government and the criminal justice system or – more likely – represent a return to the previous government’s tendency to pencil in fictitious spending numbers to hit its fiscal target." A quote from Stuart Hoddinott, IfG Associate Director
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
Key chart for public services

Govt is back to pencilling in undeliverable plans to hit its fiscal rules

After taking out likely funding for protected areas, other departments will have to absorb 3.3% annual real terms cuts. That includes prisons, courts, and local govt, among others
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM