Senior Researcher at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk working in our Ministers team with special interest in parliament, public inquiries and (sometimes) local growth.
Former academic and citizens' assembly organiser 🫶
Rebecca McKee
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The government announced yesterday that it's launching a democratic engagement fund £2.5m for civil society orgs
Aim - to find out what what interventions support groups with historically low turn out and participation to engage in democracy
Interesting idea! Very small ££ but one to watch
A new paper published today by @paddy-mcalary.bsky.social and me draws on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk's archive of interviews with former ministers to set out, in ministers’ own words, their experience of working with the civil service... 🧵
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/...
English commentators need to stop analysing Northern Ireland through an English lens!
When you see anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Ballymena or Larne and immediately reach for "Britain's far-right problem", you're missing half the story.
This isn't just racism. It's loyalist terrorism.
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The 12th July is just over a month away and the lead up starts weeks before. If the UK government and NI executive don't get a grip on this asap it will roll into July, and escalate in Northern Ireland. This is a real test of leadership for both.
Excellent new piece by @meganbryer.bsky.social on a new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk report on relationships between ministers and the civil service - drawing on our extensive Ministers Reflect archive of interviews and IfG recommendations
Lessons for both ministers and the civil service
