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The government's net zero strategy: a good start but big gaps remain
The government will have to add detail, and confront hard choices, if their green transition targets within it are to be realistic
The Treasury net zero review only offers partial answers
The net zero review gives some hints of what is to come, but ducks the vital question of who will pay, how and how much
A worse economic outlook means Rishi Sunak’s spending choices are getting harder
Rishi Sunak still faces difficult choices between competing demands
The questions Rishi Sunak should ask about Boris Johnson's New Economic Model
Giles Wilkes sets out the questions Rishi Sunak needs to be asking
Performance Tracker 2021
The pandemic has created huge backlogs in public services – failing to address these backlogs now will push up costs in future.
A Brexit solution for Northern Ireland is possible with further compromise
There is a route to progress on the Northern Ireland protocol renegotiations but both sides will need to compromise
Net zero and the tax system
Failing to set out a clear and consistent approach to reaching net zero will raise the costs of the transition.
The government must show real commitment to learning Covid lessons
The risk is that government thinks it can move on from the pandemic without looking back
Alun Davies
Alun Davies was interviewed on 12 October 2021 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
The Everard inquiry should learn from the Macpherson report into policing culture
The inquiry into Sarah Everard's murder must learn from the successes of the inquiry into the police handling of Stephen Lawrence's death