5 key ways the next government can deliver on its campaign promises

Every government comes to power eager to deliver on its manifesto pledges and policy ideas. Yet our polling shows that just 1 in 6 of us believe politicians focus on fulfilling their election pledges. This mismatch between ambition and perception may be explained by another widely held opinion – most of us don’t believe that politicians make a priority of running government professionally.

There is quite a bit of truth behind this view – governments too often fail to make the right decisions as they set up their systems, structures and relationships from the first day in office. If the next government wants to win the confidence of the electorate, it must deliver on its campaign promises. The Institute for Government has set out five key decisions for the next government to help it achieve this:

• The prime minister needs to resist temptation to dismantle the structures of No 10. Historically this has simply led to them having to be reinvented again, but only after critical areas like the NHS reforms have slipped through without proper political scrutiny.