Tim Durrant
@timd_IFG
Programme Director @instituteforgov. Former civil servant. Views my own. 🌈
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23-11-2017 22:54:21
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Great Institute for Gov comment piece by Nicholas Timmins on disorderly end of PFI contracts. Hundreds of schools + hospitals are coming back into public ownership but disputes about their condition could lead to service disruption. Govt needs to get a grip instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pfi-as…
As Starmer sets out his stall for the year to come, Institute for Gov colleagues have got lots of advice for how he and his team can make the most of the time between now and the election - take a read below
Great piece from Institute for Gov colleagues celebrating a success in government, equal marriage❤️🏳️🌈!
Fascinating lessons on policy change - and a reminder of the gratitude we (/I) owe so many people who paved the way for things we now take for granted
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/sa…
A brilliant piece on the success of same sex marriage policy from Sophie Metcalfe Tom Sasse. It was a personal highlight for me to chair the Institute for Gov policy reunion on this earlier in the year; my wife and I got married shortly after the legislation came into force.
An uplifting Institute for Gov report to end 2023
How David Cameron Nick Clegg Lynne Featherstone Maria_Miller & countless civil servants ensured same sex marriage was a great government successes story of the 2010s
Read our policy reunion to find out:
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/sa…
The statutory instrument creating the new York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority was signed yesterday.
Read the Institute for Gov explainer for a brief devolution history of the area, what powers the CA will have, and the mayoral candidates!
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/devo…
In the last week before Christmas, the government gave us an early present - more transparency!
As I argued for Institute for Gov, and as UK Open Gov Network have said too - some good steps here, but there's more the government can do:
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/good-n…
'Rishi Sunak and his government should remember that transparency is for life, not just for Christmas.'
While the year ended with some welcome steps forward on transparency in government, Tim Durrant says keeping up momentum in 2024 is key instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/good-n…
As Westminster winds down for the year, some good news - the government is finally taking (some) (small) steps to improve transparency
My latest for Institute for Gov
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/commen…