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Dan Haile

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A guess a lot people will be spending a lot of today checking some slowly changing numbers on a BBC webpage. If you enjoy that sort of thing and want it to be a more than annual occurrence - can I recommend getting into county cricket?
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
new online paper by @rosahodgkin.bsky.social @danhaile.bsky.social and me on how govt needs to get a grip of the economic consequences of the Iran war. Needs to stand up coordinating machinery - like Gordon Brown's National Economic Council www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Managing the economic consequences of the Iran war | Institute for Government
How should the government respond to the crisis in the Middle East?
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Bad news for the headline writers, but the UK will benefit if Rachel Reeves succeeds in her ambition to make the spring forecast a non-event. Me for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk (and @financialtimes.com originally)
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Good time to sign up to watch Fiona Hill, @simonfraser00.bsky.social and @anandmenon.bsky.social discuss UK/EU/US relations with @drhannahwhite.bsky.social at our joint @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @ukandeu.bsky.social event on Tuesday eve www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/trump-...
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What does Trump mean for relations between the UK and Europe, and the rest of the world? | Institute for Government
Sir Simon Fraser, Fiona Hill and Anand Menon join us to discuss the impact of Trump's presidency on the UK and Europe
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Alex Thomas @alexgathomas.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Delighted that Wes Streeting will be kicking off our Government 2026 conference - bright and early tomorrow ⬇️ Other speakers through the day include Mel Stride, Darren Jones, Louise Casey, Andy Burnham, Michael Gove, Ed Balls, Ayesha Hazarika and many more
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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 23/12/2025
Tomorrow evening it’ll be my annual duty to vaguely shepherd the activity on the #duvetknowitschristmas hashtag and urge people to give small sums to charity. 7.30pm? Something like that?
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Alice Lilly @aliceolilly.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
The Budget (whether details are published when expected or, erm, somewhat early) is obviously a moment of huge political theatre but it is ALSO the start of a parliamentary process, which we touch on on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk liveblog
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LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves prepares to announce tax 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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Shaina Sangha @shaina-sangha.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New paper, 'Ministers reflect on the Treasury' from @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social and me for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk. Pre-budget, we've compiled insights from 10 years of Ministers Reflect interviews, plus rex from the IfG catalogue on HMT. Favourite quotes to follow! 1/🧵 tinyurl.com/38anhkc7
Quote graphic with “#Ministers Reflect” and a statement about the chancellor’s power over money, attributed to Jeremy Hunt — Chancellor of the Exchequer (2022–24), whose portrait appears to the right of the quote. The quote reads: "I think most of your power does revolve around the decisions you can make over money [...as chancellor] that puts you in a very different position to every other cabinet minister, including the prime minister." The Institute for Government logo is in the corner of the image.
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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Big pre-budget @financialtimes.com story... Read it... And then listen again to last week's @instituteforgovernment.org.uk budget about chancellors and the art of pitch-rolling their budget announcements. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/insi...
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Rachel Reeves and the art of pitch rolling the budget | Institute for Government
Former Treasury advisers Stewart Wood and Giles Winn reveal how chancellors prepare the ground for budget day.
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Reform-led Worcestershire County Council (WCC) have published a briefing about their financial position, explaining why they might have to raise council tax by 10% It's a pretty perfect encapsulation of the extreme financial pressures facing most local authorities Key points 👇
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Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This is also a story of failing to learn lessons- ten years ago (!) I worked on an energy efficiency scheme at the Treasury, the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. That was also ripe for fraud and poor quality work, and the NAO found that the "lack of consistency... could increase the long-term cost"
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
There’s not much to say about the solid wall insulation failures that hasn’t already been said. A diabolical policy failure that wasted money and harmed people. But one thing I will add is: I think it highlights the need for more state delivery capacity on warm homes, not just regulation 🧵
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Almost all external insulation fitted under Tory scheme needs repair or replacing, report finds
Homeowners who took advantage of government programmes left with cladding likely to cause damp
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
if Mayors ask to be allowed to levy tourist taxes, let them - @instituteforgovernment.org.uk blog by me and @tompope.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach... - time to end HMT control freakery
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Rachel Reeves should allow local tourist taxes | Institute for Government
If mayors use the ‘right to request’ to call for tourist taxes, then the government should say yes.
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Hannah White @drhannahwhite.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
How can government legislate better to deliver major infrastructure projects? Fantastic new paper from @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on how to improve the little-known hybrid bill procedure! www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Hybrid bills: Parliament’s role in delivering major infrastructure | Institute for Government
How to improve the hybrid bill legislative process.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 15/07/2025
BIG UK RENEWABLE NEWS ⌛Next govt auction will hand out 20y CfDs, not 15y (lower £/MWh) 🔎Govt can change budget after auction to get GW they want ✅Offshore wind without full planning consent can apply 📝Withdrawn GW can't reapply in AR7 🏗️Onshore wind repowering can apply 1/2
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our @instituteforgovernment.org.uk spending review analysis is out! Take a read here www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/spen... Our key takeaways: 1/7
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Spending review 2025: Six key things we learned from Rachel Reeves' announcement | Institute for Government
IfG experts set out the six things they learned from the spending review.
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Some top level views on the SR from me and other @instituteforgovernment.org.uk colleagues 1/2
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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Most of the focus ahead of the SR has been on how much money depts get. That's understandable, money makes a difference But it's not just about the amount of money, but how departments spend it Here's a summary of how we think the govt can spend money on public services more effectively
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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
'But just as we can move mountains when out liberties are threatened and we will have to fight for our lives, so can we when the future of our London is at stake. If only we will.' New on Substack, my post on the 1943 County of London Plan: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-county...
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 02/05/2025
The Climate Change Committee presents a blunt assessment of the government’s failure to prepare adequately for the impacts of climate change. Making it a core value for money issue for departments could help www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/clim...
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The government has been warned: climate adaptation isn’t working | Institute for Government
There is little evidence that the Labour government is making adaptation significantly more of a priority than its predecessor.
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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We know only a little about why Spain and Portugal's blackout occurred on Monday, but enough to what went wrong and what should have happened but didn't. Javier Blas's conference call with REE gives us the clues 1/
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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
✍️I visited British Steel last week - just as workers were discovering that the plant's Chinese owners were effectively planning to starve the blast furnaces to death. It was a strange, unsettling experience. With deep ramifications. Some thoughts: edconway.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The Strange, Unsettling Story of British Steel
Why the fate of a blast furnace in Scunthorpe might have much deeper implications for this country
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Here is our @instituteforgov.bsky.social take on the Spring Statement, covering key questions we were looking out for on how the economic forecast would move and how Reeves would respond Some key takeaways 1/5 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/rach...
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Rachel Reeves' spring statement 2025: The IfG's verdict | Institute for Government
What did we learn from the chancellor's 'update'?
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Additional capital spending (mainly to meet the defence commitment) shows the effect of a new set of fiscal rules that distinguish between day-to-day and investment spend. If the old debt rule was still binding, capital would have been an easy candidate for cuts
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 26/03/2025
What are the current UK fiscal rules? Here's what you need to know ahead of today's spring statement www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/cu...
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Current UK fiscal rules | Institute for Government
What are the government’s current fiscal rules and is it on track to meet them?
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Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
📣New report from me & @brionya.bsky.social MCAs’ decision-making is often limited by unanimous voting rules Effective decision making for key strategic plans requires a shift to simple majority voting alongside greater capacity and accountability www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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How the government can support better decision making in mayoral combined authorities | Institute for Government
Making England’s ‘devolution revolution’ a reality.
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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Govt is getting rid of NHS England.. the @instituteforgov.bsky.social back catalogue has a couple of top studies by @nicholastimmins.bsky.social on its creation and functioning www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/... and www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
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Never Again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 | Institute for Government
The story of how the Health and Social Care Act 2012 – by far the most controversial piece of NHS legislation in more than two decades – became law.
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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 13/03/2025
TODAY: What is Keir Starmer’s new plan for government reform? Join us at 13:00 for our expert analysis of the PM’s plans to overhaul the state. @drmatthewgill.bsky.social @hannahkeenan.bsky.social @jillongovt.bsky.social @cathhaddon.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/keir-s...
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What is Keir Starmer’s new plan for government reform?
Thursday 13 March, 13:00-14:00

Dr Matthew Gill, Programme Director at the Institute for Government
Hannah Keenan, Associate Director at the Institute for Government
Jill Rutter, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government

The event will be chaired by Dr Catherine Haddon, Programme Director at the Institute for Government.
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Dan Haile @danhaile.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Really good summary of a policy debate that is both intimidatingly complex and really matters!
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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The new industrial strategy and multiyear spending review provide an opportunity to prioritise public resources to achieve the government's objectives - they will be most effective if the Treasury considers tax reliefs alongside spending www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/tax-...
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Tax reliefs should be considered in the spending review and industrial strategy | Institute for Government
The Treasury needs to hold itself to the same standards it demands of other departments.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark on.ft.com/4hOfMcI
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How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark
[FREE TO READ] Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment
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Millie Mitchell @milliemitchell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
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?
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Thomas Sampson @thomsampson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Thread for Brexit memorial day I want to highlight 2 big open questions about the economic consequences of Brexit 1. Why did Brexit reduce UK output growth? 2. How bad has the TCA been for UK trade? 1/
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Lots of things can be true at the same time. Economies are dynamic. Does the UK currently face a construction capacity constraint partially due to skilled labour shortages? Yes. Would a credible commitment to a decade+ of building projects see the sector expand and ease constraints? Also yes.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This John Vickers talk/paper on competition policy is well worth a read: ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
There’s been some great stuff this week on the “what is Labour’s approach to growth” question. You’ve probably read or ignored it all by now, but worth a quick recap?
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Me: on how there has been way too much fuss around these gilt market moves. They bring the worst out in the government. Gilt moves are no verdict on current policy. Reacting violently bad vibes creates silly policy spasms. Grow a thicker hide. www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gilt...
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Gilt market vibes are a poor guide to policy | Institute for Government
Gilt market moves mean Rachel Reeves is facing a test of her resolve.
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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
No doubt you've all been waiting for this: The Enlightened Economist Prize for 2024 www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p... @dsquareddigest.bsky.social @kjhealy.co @marionf.bsky.social Plus a run-down of previous winners
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The Enlightened Economist Prize for 2024 | The Enlightened Economist
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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
I'm on the train back from the launch of the devolution white paper, and finally getting a chance to read the document properly! A few thoughts, based on past @instituteforgov.bsky.social research. 1/
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