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The deputy prime minister and first secretary of state
What is the role of the deputy prime minister and the first secretary of state? And how do they differ?
Someone like Yousaf
The Sunday Mail’s Hannah Rodger joins the podcast team to weigh up the challenge ahead for Scotland's new first minister Humza Yousaf.
Ministers should be worried about declining civil service morale
Motivated civil servants will help ministers to deliver their priorities. Unhappy officials, on the other hand, will not.
The Emily Maitlis interview
The News Agents' Emily Maitlis joins Hannah White to discuss the media's role in holding politicians to account.
Civil Service People Survey
What does the Civil Service People Survey tell us about civil servants' experience of working in government departments?
Constitutional entrenchment and parliamentary sovereignty
The most effective way of making constitutional principles harder to overturn is through a combination of legal and political mechanisms.
The Office of Tax Simplification
This short guest paper examines the work of the Office of Tax Simplification over the 12 years of its life.
What should succeed the Office for Tax Simplification?
The experience of the OTS shows the UK needs to widen the public debate on tax.
Three key challenges facing Scotland’s new first minister
Humza Yousaf, elected leader of the SNP, must now assemble his top team, set out his independence strategy, and reset relations with Westminster.
The Windsor Framework
On 27 February, the UK and EU announced a new ‘Windsor Framework’ to make changes to the protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.