政府研究所：2024年英国政府重建信任与公众服务（英文版）（14页）.pdf

1、Author|AuthorRebuilding trust in public lifeTim DurrantGENERAL ELECTION2024 REBUILDING TRUST IN PUBLIC LIFE2ForewordFor approaching a decade successive UK governments have been consumed by two defining issues:leaving the EU,and the response to and recovery from the pandemic.As both begin to recede,i

2、n political salience if not importance,the true extent of the precarious position the country finds itself in is being laid bare marked by stagnating growth,strained public finances and crumbling public services.There is a creeping feeling among the public that the state is not delivering for them.T

3、he forthcoming general election needs to be a turning point.The next prime minister whoever it is will need to address these challenges with urgency and honesty.They must rethink not just what government does,but how it does it.This will require determined efforts to reform its institutions,and to r

4、ebuild trust in government.Through this short series of papers,the Institute for Government will be setting out our recommendations for how they can approach that work.Dr Hannah White OBEDirector,Institute for GovernmentREBUILDING TRUST IN PUBLIC LIFE3Introduction Trust in the institutions of public

5、 life has taken a beating after years of scandal in UK politics.From MPs lobbying to corruption allegations concerning the governments response to the pandemic and,of course,the partygate affair that implicated figures at the very heart of government during that crisis.As Ipsos polling commissioned

6、specially for this report shows,there is a sense among the public that people in power do not feel bound by the same rules as them.Two thirds of respondents said that they do not think the current government behaves according to high ethical standards(65%);approaching half believed standards of beha