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Simon Case must show he can lead the civil service out of its partygate problems
If the cabinet secretary is to remain in post, he needs to demonstrate he grasps the extent of the civil service problems exposed by Sue Gray
Sue Gray’s report shows how Boris Johnson has damaged the office of the prime minister
Boris Johnson has damaged the standing of his government and public faith in his leadership
Tackling rising inflation and slowing growth
The economic crisis facing the UK is very different to the 2008 financial crash and the early 1990s recession – which means a very different response
Reform the Foreign Office – and devise a foreign policy
A real dispatch of this ugly episode will come only with a coherent foreign policy
Rees-Mogg should not turn the public bodies review programme into a purge
The minister for government efficiency should seek better, not just fewer, public bodies.
Windfall taxes
The term ‘windfall tax’ is used to describe a one-off tax levied on companies deemed to have made unreasonably high profits.
Passing the net zero test
Government must do more to ensure policy coherence on net zero.
The new Levelling Up Bill lacks the ambition needed to deliver
The government needs to show more ambition than the new Levelling Up Bill
IT constraints can shape policy design – but are no excuse for failing to act
reports of IT systems preventing Sunak from raising benefits overstate the barriers he faced and underplay the importance of his choices
‘Benefits of Brexit’: Queen’s Speech 2022
In the 2022 Queen’s Speech, the government laid out what it called a "Brexit bills bonanza".