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Notes from Jacob Rees-Mogg’s European Scrutiny Committee appearance
Jacob Rees Mogg has some interesting things to say about “Brexit opportunities”
Government reform should be a higher priority
Sluggish progress is damaging the government's ability to deliver its Declaration on Government Reform
Anything to declare?
The government’s civil service reform programme requires increased momentum, clearer plans and renewed attention from senior figures.
The stakes of ‘partygate’ are higher than Boris Johnson’s future
Reasserting the principle that ministers tell the truth in parliament is more important than the prime minister’s immediate career prospects
Reforming No10 should be about more than Boris Johnson’s partygate response
Tinkering with the centre of government is too important to be a rapid response to the partygate scandal
The government’s Rwanda asylum seeker plan won't work
The Home Office has not made the case for relocating migrants to Rwanda or shown that it has learnt the lessons of Windrush
Misleading parliament and correcting the parliamentary record
The clearest rules about making inaccurate statements to parliament mostly come from outside of parliament.
Boris Johnson's partygate fine has not ended questions about rule breaking in No.10
We now know for sure that the prime minister – and the chancellor – broke Covid lockdown rules. That does not mean there is not still more to find out
Staff turnover in the civil service
How high is staff turnover in the civil service?
DVLA during the pandemic: hamstrung by competing priorities
The UK and devolved governments must make complex trade-offs more collaboratively or risk a repeat of DVLA’s pandemic troubles elsewhere.