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Examines whether the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) system is targeting intended recipients, assessing who receives awards and potential gaps or misallocations in coverage and access for disabled claimants, ahead of forthcoming policy decisions.
Reports that a failure to fit electronic monitoring tags resulted in around 5,000 offenders being left unmonitored in England and Wales, based on a recent Institute for Government analysis of the criminal justice system.
Presents the Institute for Government’s 2026 Performance Tracker chapter on the criminal justice system, assessing system performance against objectives and likely trends and challenges for reform and delivery.
The Institute for Government publishes the Public Services Performance Tracker 2026, a report assessing delivery across UK public services and tracking trends in performance over time.
Analysis considers how Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham could deliver Labour’s pledge to improve public services, outlining levers available to metro mayors and challenges in translating national commitments into local delivery.
Discusses digital public infrastructure (DPI) as shared government foundations intended to reduce duplication, improve services and fiscal outcomes, and notes difficulties in getting DPI systems started and assessing successes and failures where they operate.
Argues strategic local authorities should use devolution not just to acquire powers but to reshape public services, emphasising systems change and inclusion as priorities for combined authorities such as the West Midlands.
Argues that the civil service must decide how far to replace or augment human officials with AI systems, discussing trade-offs between automation, accountability and maintaining human judgement in government functions.
Argues commissioning should shift from transactional procurement to relational, learning-centred approaches that better connect policy priorities with frontline delivery, fostering collaboration, iterative improvement and stronger outcomes for local services.
IPPR seeks an Associate Director for Public Services to lead research and policy work aimed at promoting fairer, greener and more prosperous public services within the organisation’s charitable mission.
IPPR is recruiting a Finance Manager responsible for day-to-day financial operations, reporting and analysis, with scope to improve systems, technology and contribute to organisational planning.
Argues that Andy Burnham’s approach has lifted expectations for government, reshaping standards for mayoral leadership and public service delivery and setting a new benchmark for how subnational politicians engage with policy and communities.
Using the SAVM cohort simulation, scenarios where vaping displaces smoking project large public‑health gains: under an optimistic model reducing smoking prevalence to 5%, the US analysis estimated 6.6 million premature deaths averted and 86.7 million life‑years saved to 2100.
A protected post presenting a conversation with Dr Catherine Howe; no excerpt provided. Likely discusses local services, leadership or public sector innovation based on New Local’s focus.
Institute for Government report examines how the public understands government, analysing public perceptions and civic knowledge to inform communication and accountability reforms.
A practical guide for nonprofit communicators on treating AI systems as audiences, summarising key takeaways from a ComNet 2026 session and linking to Pew’s broader research on American attitudes to AI and its role as an intermediary.
Joe Dromey praises Andy Burnham’s speech as the biggest of his career, calling him a Prime Minister with purpose who offers realistic hope and is prepared to tackle long‑avoided issues, notably taking a bold stance on social care.
Proposes converting utilities into public‑benefit companies with a constitutional duty to deliver high‑quality services and subordinate profitability, arguing this could be done within existing ownership and licensing frameworks to avoid costly shareholder compensation, despite potential legal challenges.
IPPR welcomed Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s hopeful conference tone but urged honesty about necessary changes, saying hope must be backed by government action on long-term problems such as social care, youth unemployment, broken public services and stagnant living standards.
Skydance’s CEO said CNN will retain editorial independence following Paramount’s merger with Warner Bros. Discovery and related industry consolidation, addressed in the Briefing newsletter on media sector developments.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity that promotes policies aiming for a fairer, greener and more prosperous society in the UK.
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working to advance a fairer, greener and more prosperous society through research and policy engagement.
IPPR is advertising for a Deputy Executive Director to help deliver its work towards a fairer, greener and more prosperous society; the listing seeks senior leadership for the independent think tank.
Amy Hooper is listed as a Marketing Executive at the Institute for Government, with contact Amy.Hooper@instituteforgovernment.org.uk and a profile entry timestamped 21 September 2026. The page appears to be a staff profile listing.
Ellie Slee-Lamb is recorded as a Communications Assistant at the Institute for Government, with contact Ellie.Slee-Lamb@instituteforgovernment.org.uk and a profile timestamped 21 September 2026. The entry is a standard staff contact/profile notice.
Esme Barlow Hall is shown as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Government, contact Esme.Hall@instituteforgovernment.org.uk; the profile entry is dated 21 September 2026 and functions as a staff listing.
Ned Chatterton is listed as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Government, with contact Ned.Chatterton@instituteforgovernment.org.uk; the profile entry is dated 21 September 2026 and serves as a staff contact page.
Joe Creffield is named as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Government, contact Joe.Creffield@instituteforgovernment.org.uk; the page is a staff profile entry timestamped 21 September 2026.
Sandra Hoang is identified as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Government, with contact sandra.hoang@instituteforgovernment.org.uk; the entry is a routine staff profile posted on 21 September 2026.
Jen Watson has been announced as a media, communications and public affairs consultant at the Fabian Society, offering media strategy, policy messaging and national political engagement support across UK and Scottish politics.