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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David Jones
David Jones reflects on his year as a minister in the new Department for Exiting the EU and also his time at the Welsh Office.
Sewel convention
How the Sewel convention works in practice and what happens when devolved consent is withheld.
European Investment Bank
Does Brexit mean the UK will leave the EIB?
Devolution: Joint Ministerial Committee
The Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) refers to a set of committees that comprise ministers from the UK and devolved governments.
Northern Ireland: December 2017 Joint Report
In December 2017, the UK and EU published a joint report on the progress of phase one of negotiations. This explainer looks at what it says on Ireland
Citizens' rights
What does the joint report on the withdrawal agreement from the EU negotiators and the UK Government mean for citizens' rights?
Ireland and Brexit
How will Brexit affect UK–Ireland relations?
Nick Boles
Nick Boles was interviewed on 28 November 2017 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Grade structures of the civil service
Broadly, there are five civil service job grades. We explain what they are and how civil service grade composition varies by department.
UK–EU future relationship: options for equivalence
Equivalence refers to a decision by one state to recognise another state’s legal requirements for regulating a good or service, even though they may n