Tim Durrant
@timdurrant.bsky.social
Programme Director at the Institute for Government - interested in how government works and how it can work better
🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈
i think they're not generally funding pots just for those constituencies, it's more that the govt will do something that applies across the country because of the arguments put forward by those MPs
but yes, agree, a lot of our system is quite pork-barrelly!
but yes, agree, a lot of our system is quite pork-barrelly!
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
i think they're not generally funding pots just for those constituencies, it's more that the govt will do something that applies across the country because of the arguments put forward by those MPs
but yes, agree, a lot of our system is quite pork-barrelly!
but yes, agree, a lot of our system is quite pork-barrelly!
pretty common, i think - eg see philip hammond's financial statement in 2018, lots of references to his hon friends
gives the MPs in question something for their social media and newsletters
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018...
gives the MPs in question something for their social media and newsletters
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018...
Financial Statement - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Financial Statement' on Monday 29 October 2018.
hansard.parliament.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
pretty common, i think - eg see philip hammond's financial statement in 2018, lots of references to his hon friends
gives the MPs in question something for their social media and newsletters
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018...
gives the MPs in question something for their social media and newsletters
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018...
but better the first time round...?
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
but better the first time round...?
I would say this, but the IfG's budget live blog is already great, even before we get to the main event - where else do you get this kind of content?
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I would say this, but the IfG's budget live blog is already great, even before we get to the main event - where else do you get this kind of content?
Reposted by Tim Durrant
Plug for the paper here and for all our ten years’ worth of Ministers Reflect interviews, available on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk website i.e. 150+ other interviews with formers UK and devolved government ministers.
tinyurl.com/38anhkc7
tinyurl.com/38anhkc7
Ministers Reflect on the Treasury | Institute for Government
Drawing on over a decade of interviews with over 150 ministers, this report explores the Treasury’s role and the tensions it creates across Whitehall.
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Plug for the paper here and for all our ten years’ worth of Ministers Reflect interviews, available on the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk website i.e. 150+ other interviews with formers UK and devolved government ministers.
tinyurl.com/38anhkc7
tinyurl.com/38anhkc7