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How should Government choose between different life-saving policy options?

Posted by: Stephen Gibson, RPC Chair and Caroline Elliott, RPC committee member, Posted on: 29 May 2025 - Categories: Better regulation, Evaluation, Independent scrutiny

Stephen Gibson and Caroline Elliott of the RPC set out some of the issues that governments face in making policy decisions when peoples' lives are involved.

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