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What does a Biden presidency mean for trade?
James Kane explores some of the implications of the US election for a post-Brexit UK–US trade deal
Moving out: making a success of civil service relocation
The government’s plans to relocate 22,000 civil servants out of London will benefit recruitment but do little to “level up” the north-south divide.
Jeremy Wright
Jeremy Wright reflects on giving legal advice to government, the styles of different PMs and the importance of DCMS as an economic department.
Government must integrate different forms of advice to inform coronavirus response
The incoherence of the government’s response to Covid-19 has not been helped by the failure to join up different forms of advice
Rishi Sunak’s furlough U-turn protects jobs but risks being poor value for taxpayer money
Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a long extension to furlough and self-employed support may end up being an over-correction
The government is under attack for its post-Brexit power hoarding ambitions
Ministers' actions to date suggest that they want a monopoly on any returned powers
Preparing Brexit: how ready is the UK?
With just eight weeks and counting until the end of the transition period, the government still has a lot to do to get Brexit done.
The government's coronavirus data presentation is on the downslide
The government needs to urgently improve how it communicates data
Boris Johnson’s leadership is on the line in second coronavirus lockdown
It was a step the prime minister clearly did not want to take.
The four governments of the UK must better co-ordinate their coronavirus approaches
Westminster and the devolved governments must better co-ordinate their different approaches to lockdown rules