Fixing the centre of government

An event to launch the final report of the IfG’s Commission on the Centre of Government.

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From tackling low economic growth to addressing regional inequalities, from adapting to climate change to transforming public service performance, UK government is facing substantial and urgent challenges.

But without radical reform of the centre of government, whoever wins the next election will repeat the failures of previous administrations. The next prime minister must transform No.10, the Cabinet Office and the Treasury.

On Monday 11 March, the Rt Hon Sir John Major and the Rt Hon Gordon Brown will speak at the Institute for Government to launch the final report of the Commission on the Centre of Government. It sets out a plan – ambitious but deliverable – for reforming the centre of government.

Over the last year the IfG’s Centre Commission has been speaking to people who have worked at the heart of government in the UK and overseas, to devolved governments, industry and civil society leaders and community leaders. Our conclusion is that the centre of government is not equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Fundamental change is needed – and it cannot wait.

To launch the Commission on the Centre of Government’s final report and help set out its core recommendations for a stronger and more open centre of government, the IfG is delighted to host:

Rt Hon Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Rt Hon Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The event will be chaired by Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government and Chair of the Commission on the Centre of Government, and Sir Anthony Seldon, the Commission’s Deputy Chair.

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