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FDA Union @fdaunion.bsky.social · 8d

IfG Chief Economist @gemmatetlow.bsky.social outlines that currently pension contributions make up around 20% of the total public sector remuneration package, compared to 8% in the private sector. Is this the most effective balance and does there need to be flexibility? #Lab25

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 8d

Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?

Join us at #Lab25 at 15:45 to hear from @timleunig.bsky.social @fdagensec.bsky.social @fdaunion.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social, Paul Whiteman and @drbenpaxton.bsky.social - Clyde Room, ACC www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 8d

Join us at 15:45 at LPC to discuss how public sector pay and pensions might be reformed. With Dave Penman @fdaunion.bsky.social @timleunig.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social and Paul Whiteman

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 9d

...but no indication of which taxes might rise. Understandable that CX cannot pre-empt Budget announcements in conference speech but it does mean the biggest questions facing the CX were left unanswered today. Today's announcements (mainly details on youth guarantee) were small.

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 9d

As trailed in the papers earlier, Reeves's speech did roll the pitch for tax rises in the Budget - pointing to 14 years of weak growth creating a fiscal problem and the foolhardiness of simply ignoring fiscal constraints (she said there was "nothing progressive" about that)...

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 14d

Follow our autumn budget 2025 page for more in the lead up to Reeves' second budget as chancellor on Weds 26 November www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/autumn-budge...

Follow the team @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @tompope.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social @danhaile.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social

Autumn budget 2025 | Institute for Government

On Wednesday 26 November, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second budget as chancellor.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · 14d

New @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report by me, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and @jillongovt.bsky.social on how Reeves should approach tax this Autumn

With tax rises inevitable, Reeves should reject path of least resistance and embrace tax reform 1/3

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...

The 2025 budget and beyond: How Rachel Reeves can approach tax reform to help drive growth | Institute for Government

A big autumn approaches for the chancellor.

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Ben Paxton @drbenpaxton.bsky.social · 19d

Great article from Meg Hillier, and a message more politicians need to hear. Pinning all responsibility for the UK's fiscal problems on the OBR is not only misguided, but risks damaging economic and fiscal credibility

Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 19d

Very good piece from Meg Hillier on the dangers of political attacks on independent institutions like the OBR on.ft.com/3VV7p5Y The OBR is not to blame for weak growth

The OBR is not to blame for weak growth

When politicians attack independent institutions, we all lose

on.ft.com

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 16d

If you have experience of using the customer relationship management software Zoho and would like to work with friendly, motivated colleagues to help share our research far and wide, do consider applying for this opening in our comms team...

Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 16d

Do you have experience of using Zoho CRM? Applications are now open to join our team as a CRM Executive.

📆 Closing date: Wednesday 15 October

Find out more about the role and how to apply 👇 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/about-us/car...

A job advert for a CRM Executive (Zoho) at the Institute for Government.

Salary: £35,000-£39,000 depneidng on skills and experience.

Deadline: Wednesday 15 October

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 21d

How can the industrial strategy drive growth?

📆 Monday 29 Sept | 09:00–10:00

Join us at the Labour conference in Liverpool for our event with @praneshippr.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

An image for an IfG event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

How can industrial strategy drive growth?
Monday 29 September | 09:00–10:00
Speakers:

Pranesh Narayanan, Senior Research Fellow at IPPR
Giles Wilkes, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Government
Amanda Wolthuizen, Vice President, Communications and Strategic Engagement and Chief of Staff to the President at Imperial College London
This event will be chaired by Dr Gemma Tetlow, Chief Economist at the Institute for Government.

This event is in partnership with Imperial College London.

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 20d

#LAB25 | Should public sector pay and pensions be reformed?

With Dave Penman @fdaunion.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social

More speakers will be announced soon👁️‍🗨️

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · 19d

Very good piece from Meg Hillier on the dangers of political attacks on independent institutions like the OBR on.ft.com/3VV7p5Y The OBR is not to blame for weak growth

The OBR is not to blame for weak growth

When politicians attack independent institutions, we all lose

on.ft.com

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · Sep 4

@resfoundation.bsky.social are recruiting for three new researcher/economist roles at various levels of seniority. Applications close 19 Sept. Exciting opportunity to join a great thinktank improving living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...

Opportunities: Resolution Foundation

We're looking for exceptional candidates to join the Resolution Foundation team.

www.resolutionfoundation.org

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · Aug 4

How can the government avoid a repeat of this year’s welfare reform debacle? www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gove...

How can the government avoid a repeat of this year’s welfare reform debacle? | Institute for Government

A change is needed in the government's use of fiscal forecasts.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · Jul 22

The original pensions commission is the single most effective independent inquiry of the last few decades. @jillongovt.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social and I have written on what the new pensions commission announced this week can learn from the original

Lessons for the government’s 'revived' Pensions Commission | Institute for Government

What can the new commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · Jul 22

What can the new Pensions Commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?

@jillongovt.bsky.social @njdavies.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social argue that the commission will need Treasury support to have as big an impact as the Turner Commission www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/new-...

Lessons for the government’s 'revived' Pensions Commission | Institute for Government

What can the new commission learn from its 2000s predecessor?

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · Jul 18

PODCAST 🎤 The scandal and the superinjunction

@lucyfisher.ft.com joins @cathhaddon.bsky.social @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @alexgathomas.bsky.social to discuss the Afghan data leak and how the state reacts when mistakes are made.

Plus: Rachel Reeves' speech and voting reforms zurl.co/Hct1f

The scandal and the superinjunction | Institute for Government

The FT’s Lucy Fisher joins the podcast team to discuss who is to blame for the Afghan data leak.

zurl.co

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · Jul 14

EVENT: Labour’s first year in power: is this still a mission-driven government?

Join our event with @instituteforgovernment.org.uk tomorrow at 10:30am chaired by @drhannahwhite.bsky.social with @helenmiller.bsky.social, @gemmatetlow.bsky.social & @stephenkb.bsky.social: ifs.org.uk/events/labou...

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · Jul 4

Labour’s first year: Keir Starmer’s government is less than the sum of its parts

Keir Starmer has yet to set out a clear governing philosophy, says @drhannahwhite.bsky.social www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/labo...

Labour’s first year: Keir Starmer’s government is less than the sum of its parts | Institute for Government

Keir Starmer has yet to set out a clear governing philosophy.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · Jul 4

Great comment piece by Nick Timmins for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the 10 Year Health Plan

He finds lots of familiar ideas but argues they could be frustrated by familiar problems. Like him, I really worry that plans to better integrate health service will be derailed by structural changes

Labour’s 10 Year Health Plan: familiar ideas could be frustrated by familiar problems | Institute for Government

There is plenty of the what but less of the how in Wes Streeting’s new plan.

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · Jul 3

Reeves has made big fiscal choices but left herself little room for manoeuvre

Having such little ‘headroom’ has left the chancellor at the mercy of events, argues @gemmatetlow.bsky.social

Read more on fiscal policy making in the last year👇
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/one-...

Reeves has made big fiscal choices but left herself little room for manoeuvre | Institute for Government

Having such little ‘headroom’ has left the chancellor at the mercy of events.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social · Jul 1

Hard to overstate how much goodwill the government has just managed to burn through with so many different groups — all in a totally unnecessary act of self-sabotage.

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Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social · Jun 11

Also available on our podcast channel podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

What choices did the government make in the 2025 spending review?

Podcast Episode · Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government · 11/06/2025 · Bonus · 49m

podcasts.apple.com

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Thomas Pope @tompope.bsky.social · Jun 11

Huge thanks to @gemmatetlow.bsky.social @danhaile.bsky.social @drbenpaxton.bsky.social @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social @njdavies.bsky.social @rebeccamckee.bsky.social @amberdellar.bsky.social

Do listen back to our webinar, now available as a podcast! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... 7/7

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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