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How to successfully deliver refugee resettlement | Institute for Government This paper summarises a roundtable discussion bringing together different parts of government working on resettlement schemes.

How to successfully deliver refugee resettlement

In this paper, @sachinsavur.bsky.social and @catherineriachi.bsky.social summarise a roundtable discussion bringing together different parts of government working on resettlement schemes.

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Labour’s Ethics and Integrity Commission starts the process of rebuilding standards in public life | Institute for Government The system of upholding standards in public life remains an ongoing process.

So now we know what the government's Ethics and Integrity Commission will do!

I've had a look for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk - lots of positives here, but it's only one step along the way...

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Labour’s special advisers: a growing cohort is learning on the job | Institute for Government A new data drop has revealed the size, shape and pay of this government’s special adviser cohort.

What do we know about this this Labour government’s special advisers and how Keir Starmer and his ministers are using them?

@paddy-mcalary.bsky.social digs into the data to find out www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...

Afghan data breach is the long shadow of a botched evacuation | Institute for Government The government needs to learn the lessons of past crises.

Lots of focus right now is (very rightly) on the use - and length of - the super-injunction. But this data breach is a sobering reminder of the extent to which gov botched the 2021 evacuation from Kabul and the impacts of it having done so.

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The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst As potentially career-wrecking disasters lurk at every turn, ministers should spend more time learning how to handle a crisis

Crises lurk around every corner and with 89 risks set out in grisly detail in the National Risk Register, ministers must prepare for whatever comes

We've written about new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk research on ministerial leadership during crises for @thehousemag.bsky.social

Read about it 👇

Five things we learned from the IfG’s conference on standards in public life | Institute for Government John Major was one of many speakers during a thought-provoking day at the IfG.

Last week we hosted our mega @instituteforgovernment.org.uk conference on standards in public life - if you couldn't make it, here are the things we learned:

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The Nolan Principles at 30: What does the future hold for standards in public life? | Institute for Government Sir John Major and Doug Chalmers join us to explore how ethical standards can be upheld in the future.

Yesterday the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk hosted our mega conference on ethics and standards in public life. All the sessions are available to watch here, and we'll be reflecting on the key themes next week. But here are some initial thoughts...

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Another Zia Yusuf tweet that shows a lack of understanding of how local govt works

1) Kent is not responsible for appointing auditors. Fees are set and auditors appointed by a body call Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA)

📣New @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report & guide on ministerial leadership during crises

Most government ministers will face a crisis of one type or another in office – and this can be make or break. So how can a minister successfully prepare for crises and what roles can they play? 🧵

How to succeed as a minister | Institute for Government Lucy Frazer and James Purnell will join us to explore what ministers need to do to succeed in government.

What are you doing next Monday lunchtime? If you're interested in how ministers can make the most of their time in office, and make progress in the role, come to our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event to hear more!

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Banner for an IfG event titled 'How to succeed as a minister' on Monday 16 June at 12.30-13.30. Speakers: Kitty Donaldson, Chief Political Commentator at The i Paper Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC, former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon James Purnell, CEO of Flint Global and former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions The event will be chaired by Tim Durrant, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.

EVENT | How to succeed as a minister

📅Monday 16 June, 12.30-13.30

Join us to to explore what ministers need to do to succeed in government, with Lucy Frazer KC, Rt Hon James Purnell and @kitty-donaldson.bsky.social

Register for the event🎫
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Reform’s “DOGE” is a superficial response to deep problems in local government | Institute for Government Reform should rethink its plans to copy the DOGE approach.

New comment from @alexgathomas.bsky.social and me:

Local authorities are caught between the triple pressures of lower funding, rising demand, and legal obligations to deliver services. Reform's "DOGE" cannot change that brutal reality

Short 🧵👇

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Baroness Curran is the seventh departure from Starmer's government – she's left just two weeks after her predecessor, Lord Hunt, retired.

Adult social care could be a victim of the government’s migration plan | Institute for Government The immigration white paper makes it less likely that the government will improve performance in adult social care.

NEW: The govt's migration plan once again leaves adult social care out in the cold

There is strong rhetoric about improving pay, but the govt is steadfastly ignoring the elephant in the room: it will require spending more on local govt

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Ministerial directions | Institute for Government Ministerial directions are formal instructions telling departments to proceed with a spending proposal, despite objection from permanent secretaries.

Read more about what ministerial directions are, and a list of all those published since 1990, in our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mi...

Letter from Gareth Davies, DBT permanent secretary to business secretary Jonathan Reynolds, requesting a ministerial direction for government intervention in British Steel. "To be clear, I am not saying that the intervention is unfeasible or poor value for money. It is just at this point we do not have the necessary evidence."

First ministerial direction of the Starmer government has been published – around taking control of British Steel.

The DBT permanent secretary said the speed of the decision meant he could not confirm it would be feasible and achieve value for money www.gov.uk/government/p...

Why government should introduce an annual Migration Plan | Institute for Government An annual Migration Plan would allow the government to move on from the incoherent way immigration policy has been made in the past.

[NEW] Why government should introduce an annual Migration Plan

The government needs an Annual Migration Plan to end decades of incoherent, disconnected and unpredictable immigration policy.

📖 Read our latest report www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

Great blog from @sachinsavur.bsky.social. Asylum accommodation is a prime example of where accountability for poor performance can fall down in public procurement: poor contract management, and limited competition

"It is harder to sanction a poor performer when you don’t have many other options"

While we all speculate about what exactly the PM will say tomorrow and what the balance between ministers, depts and public bodies should be over policy decisions, I thought I'd have a look through the @instituteforgov.bsky.social's interviews with former ministers to see what they have to say...

Anneliese Dodds' resignation shows how hard it will be to cut the aid budget | Institute for Government Keir Starmer’s defence spending decisions leaves Foreign Office leaders facing tough choices about the international aid budget.

Starmer's cut to the aid budget means a really tough set of choices ahead for foreign office ministers - they will need to be very clear on what they're cutting (and not fudge the trade-offs)

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Anneliese Dodds has quit over Starmer's aid cuts meaning another uptick for the @instituteforgov.bsky.social resignations chart

She is the fifth minister to leave the government (and the fourth to resign) since the GE

The Procurement Act is an opportunity for government to reap the benefits of transparency | Institute for Government New legislation to regulate procurement spending is welcome.

Better transparency in public procurement could be a win-win for government and suppliers. New from @sachinsavur.bsky.social and I on making this a reality as this major change in procurement regulation goes live
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New Ministers Reflect interviews from @instituteforgov.bsky.social out now!

Clare Short, John Denham and Matt Hancock discuss setting up new departments, dealing with the centre of government and facing era defining crises like the the pandemic

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"One of the things I felt very, very strongly throughout was that I was making the best decisions I could in the circumstances." Matt Hancock Secretary of state for health and social care (2018-2021) #MinistersReflect

"The Foreign Office had made a big effort to prevent the Department (for International Development) becoming an independent government department." Clare Short Secretary of state for international development (1997-2003) #MinistersReflect

"90% of the decisions you take would be taken by any sane, rational human being and the next 10% would have been taken by a Labour minister and of that, there's about 2% that might have happened because it was you." John Denham Secretary of state for communities and local government (2009-10) #MinistersReflect

[NEW] Today we have published our new wave of #MinistersReflect interviews, featuring Matt Hancock, Clare Short, and @jydenham.bsky.social

📄Read them in full
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NEW: The @instituteforgov.bsky.social has today published exclusive interviews with nine former Scottish and Welsh Ministers.

The transcripts are full of insights into brexit, the pandemic, and government breakdowns.

But what advice did they have for their fellow ministers?

Today we’ve published Whitehall Monitor, the IfG’s annual report looking at the shape and size of the civil service

As well as incisive analysis on how the civil service is performing, it also contains loads of great data viz. A short thread on some of my highlights 🧵

Tulip Siddiq’s resignation shows Labour are not yet used to scrutiny of government | Institute for Government It is unclear if the government fully understand how ministers’ actions look to its external critics.

Well it seems inevitable now - but does Siddiq's resignation point to a bigger problem in the PM's team, that they can't see how these things look to people outside?

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Tulip Siddiq's resignation is the 2nd of Starmer’s govt meaning it is time to update the @instituteforgov.bsky.social
ministerial resignations chart!

For the independent adviser on ministerial standards who advises on the ministerial code
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Five things we learnt from 14 years of Conservative special advisers | Institute for Government The Cabinet Office’s next data release will give us the first clues of what the Labour spad cohort looks like.

1. On a bright November morning, the final tranche of spad data for the Sunak government was released, completing 14 years of Conservative (and coalition) spad data. At @instituteforgov.bsky.social we’ve crunched the numbers – here’s what we found - www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/14-y...

Margaret Hodge | Institute for Government Margaret Hodge discusses being the first ever children’s minister, her struggles with civil servants and the lessons she learnt chairing the PAC.

Baroness Hodge, former minister and former chair of the PAC, has been announced as the PM's new anti-corruption champion

We sat down with her in September as part of the IfG's Ministers Reflect project 🧵

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