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Liz Truss’s government was not functioning: Conservative MPs must resolve this situation
This country needs a fully functioning government which is focused on the problems people are facing
Liz Truss's struggles as PM expose the flaws in party leadership selection rules
The Conservative and Labour parties should reduce the role of party members in selecting their leaders
Performance Tracker 2022
Public services won’t have returned to pre-pandemic performance by the next election.
Jeremy Hunt will not find it easy to deliver departmental spending cuts
It will be difficult to find cuts to public service budgets
Is it too late for Liz Truss to regain trust?
The PM’s belated acceptance of the basics of good government may not be enough to save her premiership
Parliamentary lobby
The term ‘lobby’ is used to describe the group of journalists who cover political events in the UK.
The government is right to U-turn on a national energy efficiency campaign
The anti-nanny state government was reluctant even to give people basic information to cut their energy bills
Accountability after Brexit
The prime minister – or MPs – must overhaul parliament's feeble Brexit scrutiny.
Government policies, not a new Treasury permanent secretary, will determine market confidence
It is policy and not personnel that matter for the markets
Three steps the Truss government can take for a Northern Ireland protocol deal
If the UK government is serious about getting a deal this time around, there are three things it must do first.