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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Ethnicity in the civil service
Why does ethnic diversity in the civil service matter?
Disability in the civil service
Why is it important that the disabled population is represented in the civil service?
Brexit deal: how do the UK and EU opening positions on the future trading relationship compare?
Both the UK and the EU have set out their positions ahead of negotiations on the framework for the future trading relationship. We compare the two par
Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier reflects on being a minister in the new Department for International Trade, having voted Remain in the EU referendum.
Public inquiries
What is a public inquiry and what is its purpose?
Theresa May's Brexit speech: Mansion House
What the prime minister said in her Mansion House Brexit speech on the UK's future economic partnership with the European Union.
Confidence motions and parliament
What does ‘confidence’ mean in parliamentary terms?
Customs, duty free and VAT after Brexit
How the post-Brexit rules on taxes work for consumers
Trade: rules of origin
What are rules of origin? And how will they affect UK-EU trade post-Brexit?
Negotiating Brexit transition
Both the UK and the EU have set out their positions ahead of negotiations on a Brexit transition. What does this mean?