To mark the 10th anniversary of the EU referendum, the IfG has reflected on how leaving the EU has changed UK government. A decade ago, on 23 June 2016, the UK voted to terminate nearly half a century ...

Supporters argued the Brexit would open up opportunities to deregulate in the name of freedom and growth, and remove perceived nonsense like rules on the shape of bananas. But it has not exactly ...

Matthew Fright travels across the home counties to find out how a changed political landscape will shape local government reorganisation. How has England’s political landscape changed after the May ...

Kelly was a research assistant at the Institute, working on the devolution team. She graduated from UCL in 2016 with a degree in Law, and then completed a Master’s degree in International Political ...

Amid heightened debate, following fossil fuel supply disruptions, Ed Miliband will have to make decisions on the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas projects. This explainer sets out the background to ...

Ministerial resignations, letters of no confidence, and Andy Burnham’s determination to return to Westminster have rocked Keir Starmer’s premiership. Plenty of twists and turn await in the coming ...

Too many people in Westminster continue to consider the possibility of a multi-party government as an unwelcome aberration. The Green Party’s victory in Gorton and Denton underlines the importance of ...

The government has launched an ambitious programme of local government reorganisation (LGR) that will replace county and district councils with a single tier of local government across England by 2028 ...

The justice secretary has caused a stir with what would be a radical departure from the current judicial model. Introducing judge-only trials for almost all criminal cases would increase the risk of ...

After months of ominous 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. There were big tax ...

Boys from low-income families face particular challenges in their early years. This report looks beneath the headline data to focus on one group particularly at risk of being overlooked, or ...

The government’s recent publication, Regulatory Action Plan – Progress Update and Next Steps, brings together a broad suite of work that is in train across Whitehall. It creates an opportunity to ...