In conversation with Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of Wellcome Trust
Sir Jeremy Farrar has been at the heart of the global fight against Covid-19. As head of one the world’s most influential medical research charities a...
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Does the UK have a trade strategy yet?
In our report Taking back control of trade policy, the Institute argued that the government needed a clear trade strategy. So far, the government’s ma...
Reforming the Union: Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister of Wales
As part of a new series of events on the future of devolution and the Union, the Institute for Government was delighted to welcome The Rt Hon Mark Dra...
Parliament, trade and treaties
The Brexit negotiations demonstrated long-standing weaknesses in parliament’s ability to scrutinise trade negotiations and international treaties – wi...
Creating the Department for International Trade
Membership of the EU meant that the UK had not had its own independent trade policy for more than 40 years. In one of her first acts as prime minister...
‘Australian-style’ politics: what is the government learning from abroad?
The current government has close ties to Australia, with Australian campaign strategists such as Sir Lynton Crosby and Isaac Levido both having led su...
Data Bites #21: Getting things done with data in government
At this month's event, the 21st in our series, the speakers presented their work in an exciting, quickfire format. Each speaker had eight minutes, fol...
How can the UK be a force for good in the world?
The G7 in Cornwall was a big opportunity for Boris Johnson to set out his vision for Global Britain. On the agenda was famine prevention, girls’ educa...
Taking back control of regulation: how can the government make the most of its post-Brexit freedoms?
Announcing the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the prime minister declared that “we have taken back control of every jot and tittle of our regu...
In conversation with Andy Haldane, Chief Economist at the Bank of England
On his final day as Chief Economist at the Bank of England, the Institute for Government was delighted to welcome Andy Haldane. After seven years in t...