Emma_Norris John Curtice debunks the spin we can expect: the bottom line is mayoral votes are not a good indicator for the general election

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Revealing (but unsurprising) anecdote from Rt Hon Anne Milton at #IfGWhipsOffice . When she was a whip they did assessments of how effective ministers had been… which “didn’t make a blind bit of difference” to who was promoted & demoted at reshuffles, there were “too many other factors”

At the Institute for Government #WhipsOffice event, Chris White makes the essential point that, however vicious we think #politics is (and it can be), the basic management of parliamentary business relies on a measure of trust between the parties. When that breaks, things can go badly wrong.

Starting in 30 minutes: Beyond the dark arts: what next for the Whips' Office?

With Alistair Carmichael MP Rt Hon Anne Milton Emma Peplow Chris White and Tim Durrant

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Also a good e.g. of something the civil service would have to note carefully if there's a change in govt.

Different govts might bring structural changes/different ways of working, but it's more subtle changes in things like language where officials have come unstuck in the past

With the news that Dan Poulter has defected to Labour, a handy Institute for Government explainer from me and jack pannell on why, how and how often MPs change party allegiance instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mps-…

Read this from Institute for Government to make sense of the political drama in Scotland - and how it might play out for the SNP

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📺📅General election: What makes a successful communications strategy?

An absolutely brilliant panel for this IfG event..

Anushka Asthana Lee Cain James Schneider Katy Searle and Dr Catherine Haddon

May 8, 10am, Institute for Government

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Tortured (how will they) vote it Department

Because it’s topical again, and because the Salisbury Convention and the Parliament Act and what they mean for the Lords re. legislation are often unhelpfully conflated- here is an old thread explaining the differences between the two.

Key point: they are two distinct things

Brilliant new public service productivity explainer by Thomas Pope & Cassia Rowland

What is public service productivity?
How is it measured?
How has it changed?
What was the impact of the pandemic?
What can govt do to improve it?

All the answers here:
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The government's working majority continues to come under sustained pressure, down 38 votes from GE 2019 after the suspension of Mark Menzies

Join us in an hour... and get posting questions on slido... really looking for ward to this joint Institute for Government UK in a Changing Europe event

Today is the registration deadline for elections on 2 May. With many races underway the Institute for Government has all the details... 🧵

As ever, Philip Cowley has the thread you need ahead of today's free vote in the Commons

TODAY: Less than a year out from an election, the significance of opinion polls in shaping political strategy is increasingly prominent. But it can be a confusing landscape.

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