The RPC has today published its corporate report for 2025-26, showcasing a year of strong performance, growing influence and continued commitment to improving the quality of evidence underpinning government regulation.
New guidance to help policy teams across Whitehall develop stronger regulatory scorecards within options assessments and impact assessments.
Post-implementation reviews are meant to answer a simple question: is a regulation still working? Too often, the answer is “not as well as it should” and yet nothing changes.
This blog post explains what the data tells us about the quality of the evidence and analysis supporting regulatory policy proposals across government departments.
Departments need to compete new PIRs on time as well as managing the backlog.
Why post implementation reviews need more regression analysis
We're often asked what makes the difference between a green and red rating. This post explains our rating system, what we look for and how government departments can improve the quality of their assessments.
A regulatory environment that supports investment in human capital - people's education and skills - is just as important as one that supports physical capital.
The quality of the evidence base – and how rigorously it was scrutinised before the decision was made – can directly affect whether a policy survives judicial review. This blog considers three judicial review cases that highlight the important role that RPC opinions can play.
This is the final post in our series answering the simple but important question: why does the RPC matter?