Explainers
Our explainers cover key subjects relating to our work, setting out key facts and figures and answering the most important questions about government.
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Claire Sugden
Claire Sugden reflects on her time as justice minister for Northern Ireland and her experience of being an independent member of the executive.
Stephen Farry
Dr Stephen Farry was interviewed on 14 September 2021 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir reflects on his time in the Northern Ireland executive, implications of the EU referendum, and the 2017 collapse of the executive.
Agriculture subsidies after Brexit
Having left the EU, the UK is now free to design its own agricultural policy to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Paying for net zero
Working out a fair way to distribute the costs will be among the most important determinants of a successful transition to net zero.
Special advisers’ code of conduct
The special advisers’ code of conduct sets out the rules and standards of conduct that special advisers to UK government ministers must abide by.
Adaptation to climate change
Adaptation is a general term used to cover the planning and measures needed to cope with the impacts of climate change.
Northern Ireland protocol: Article 16
Article 16 is a safeguarding mechanism within the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol, the arrangements agreed as part of the UK–EU Withdrawal Agreement
Andrew Lansley
Andrew Lansley reflects on the development of the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, and on its legacy on the NHS.
Covid international travel rules
Testing and quarantine requirements have been progressively removed since the start of 2022.