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Important stuff here - Whitehall needs work!

Feeling proud/smug that reports produced by my team are Smart Thinking top 2 reports for July (with 2 other Institute for Government reports in the top 10!) Find out what all the fuss is about by reading them: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/fi… instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/cr…

We welcome Reeves' plan to establish a regular cycle of spending reviews. Our report calls on the chancellor to go further, running a more in-depth spending review that sets cross-departmental spending plans for each mission, as well as each department instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/ho…

💡 Interested in joining the IfG's research team and helping us make government more effective? We are inviting expressions of interest from anyone with the relevant knowledge and skills. Closing date: Monday 30 September, 11:00 ⏰ instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/caree…

A quick note on Whitehall transparency - I asked the Cabinet Office if it could say when the long-promised introduction of monthly publication of ministers' meetings, gifts, hospitality and travel logs would be coming (was meant to be delivered summer 2023).

Join our webinar on Thursday 5 September as the IfG launches its brand new Ministers Database for public use, holding information about all government ministers since 1979. With Dr Catherine Haddon, Philip Nye (same on BSky), Jessica C. Smith and Tim Durrant Register here: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

Catherine Smith's appointment as Advocate General for Scotland allows us to put the finishing touches to the Institute for Government Ministers Database – launching to the public on 5 September instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-mini…

Institute for Government have launched their fascinating new Ministers Database. 59.7% of Cons MPs 2010–24 were ministers for some of that time, but only 42.8% of Tory MPs 1979–97, and 43.4% of Labour MPs 1997–2010: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/ministers-data…

Then at 17:30, with Labour seeking to reassert its credentials around upholding public standards, our next event will explore how the party can reset standards and improve trust in our politics. We will be joined by Lucy Powell MP Stephen Bush Tim Durrant Duncan Hames Susan Hawley

🎙️Starmer’s freebie row: How can we fix standards and ethics in public life? This is… timely Tim Durrant joins Hannah White & Anand Menon for a deep dive into why the standards system works - and often doesn’t - and what could be done to fix it… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

Birmingham will be fascinating in the next few days - if you're going, check out our events 👇

With confirmation that a new ministerial code is coming soon, thought I'd update this chart: Starmer has now taken longer than every PM, apart from May, to publish his version of the code (Blair was the first to publish a Ministerial Code)

🚨New PoliticsHome podcast🚨 Labour’s First 100 Days In Power One of the party’s new MPs Lucy Rigby KC MP joins me, Tim Durrant and Emma Dean from Portland to talk about how Starmer’s first few months in office have gone 🎧 here: pod.fo/e/273170

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 Labour's first 100 days 🌹 New Labour MP Lucy Rigby KC MP, Tim Durrant, Portland's Emma Dean, and Ben Shimshon join Alain Tolhurst to discuss Labour's achievements and missteps in their first few months in government 🎙️Listen here: pod.fo/e/273170

EVENT: As the CSPL celebrates its 30th anniversary, what does the future hold for standards in public life? Join us on Thurs 21 November when we will discuss with Doug Chalmers, Pippa Crerar, Daniel Greenberg CB, Tim Durrant. Register now 🗓️📺 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/what-nex…