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The Guardian’s Aletha Adu joins the IfG podcast team to run the rule over the new shadow cabinet.
Birmingham’s budget woes should be a warning to government – or other councils could follow suit
The government should take action on systematic failures in local government finance.
Despite Horizon, Brexit will continue to haunt Rishi Sunak
Improvements in the UK's relationship with the EU haven't brought an end to the government's Brexit headaches.
Becoming a minister: Part 6 – Working with parliament
Former ministers share their advice on how to juggle their ministerial and parliamentary duties.
In defence of the UK’s unwritten political constitution
The UK constitution has been under pressure in recent years, but it is not broken or in disarray, writes guest author Brian Christopher Jones.
Putting citizens at the heart of the UK constitution
This guest paper argues that the UK’s model of democracy and government does not put citizens at the heart of decision making – it should.
Interviews with Truss and Johnson ministers prove time in government shouldn’t be wasted
Being a minister in a government with a majority is a rare opportunity.
School concrete crisis shows the danger of short-term capital budget thinking
Capital budgets need to be made less prone to unpredictability.
This should be Labour's last pre-election reshuffle
Keir Starmer has made some big changes to Labour's shadow ministerial team.
The stars are aligning for an autumn of distracted government
Rishi Sunak faces a trying autumn of difficulties and distractions.