This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government warns that even if exams can be sat in the usual way next year they cannot be assessed as usual. Covid Tests: Schools and exams in 2022 and beyond warns that even if exams can be sat in the usual way next year they cannot...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at why restoring growth is a matter for every UK sector. A narrow focus on high-value sectors will not address the UK’s £300 billion growth gap.   This report analyses the UK’s flagging productivity and growth since the 2008 financial crisis. With no one sector to blame, the paper says boosting productivity...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the government’s handling of education during the pandemic. The government's failure – indeed refusal – to make contingency plans for schools and exams in the summer of 2020 is the most “unforgiveable aspect” of its handling of education during the coronavirus pandemic.  Published ahead of the 2021 A-Level...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to strengthen international efforts to end the pandemic. A weak and fragmented global response risks extending and worsening the Covid-19 pandemic. This report brings together recommendations from a series of roundtables and events attended by leading international scientists, former government ministers and...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the Shared Fund and if it is strengthening the union or undermining devolution. The UK government’s post-Brexit UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – replacing EU ‘structural funds’, to be launched in April 2022 – risks damaging trust between the UK and devolved administrations...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the growing need to clarify rules and improve transparency around the appointment of NEDs. Matt Hancock’s resignation – and Gina Coladangelo’s role as a departmental non-executive director (NED) – has exposed the growing need to clarify rules and improve transparency around the appointment...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government assesses the Commission for Smart Government’s ‘four steps’ for reform. The Commission for Smart Government is right to say in its report on ‘smarter government’* that this is an important moment for government renewal. Change often comes after moments of trauma. Wars and crises have...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at an overhaul of the rules governing ministerial standards of behaviour. The ministerial code is not working, is being undermined by the prime minister and requires urgent reform. This report argues that Boris Johnson should fundamentally overhaul the rules which govern the standards of...