One year of Labour government: Is mission-driven politics really happening? podcast<article class="text-token-text-primary w-full" dir="auto" data-testid="conversation-turn-8" data-scroll-anchor="true"><div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)"><div class="[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden" tabindex="-1"><div class="group/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn"><div class="relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3"><div class="flex max-w-full flex-col grow"><div class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="03e37e06-66d3-4aef-942d-d900469b56d7" dir="auto" data-message-model-slug="gpt-4o"><div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]"><div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark"><p data-start="0" data-end="161" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">One year into Labour’s government, we assess whether its mission-driven approach has changed how it governs and what progress has been made.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article>18 July 2025
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Labour’s first year in power: is this still a mission-driven government? event 15 July 2025 <p>The Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Institute for Government discussed Labour's first year in power at a joint event.</p>
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Spending Review 2025: What it means and why it matters podcast We take a closer look at the Spending Review and what the policies mean for public services, investment and the wider economy. 12 June 2025
Sure Start’s wide-ranging and long-lasting benefits highlight the impact of integrated early years services press release Over the long run, Sure Start’s financial benefits could be twice as high as its costs 22 May 2025
Average household consumption spending before and after housing costs, and mean weekly per-capita income, in different local authorities, 2018–2019 data item Londoners may have the highest average incomes, but their household spending once you account for housing costs is lower than other regions. 11 April 2025
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What the Spending Review really means for schools comment The next few years are going to be very tight for school budgets and forecasting anything more than a real-terms freeze is highly optimistic. 12 June 2025
Intergenerational altruism and transfers of time and money: a life cycle perspective working paper We find that parental time investments increase children's human capital, but parents also enjoy time spent with children more than work. 1 July 2025
Theoretical and empirical perspectives on the link between poverty, parenting and children's outcomes journal article We examine different channels through which poverty affects child outcomes, as well as the evidence regarding the magnitude of their impacts. 23 June 2025
Tax equity in low- and middle-income countries journal article In this paper, the authors ask what role taxation can or might play in reducing inequality in low and middle-income countries. 2 July 2025
