Hannah White
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Labour’s plans to improve the legislative process are welcome, but government is about more than law making
IfG director Hannah White reflects on Lucy Powell's keynote speech.
The parties should focus on substance as well as sales ahead of the election
Election fever is hotting up in the aftermath of the local elections.
There is emerging consensus about how to fix the broken centre of UK government
The centre of government is not fit for the challenges facing the UK.
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Rishi Sunak’s “wholly new kind of politics” does not bear scrutiny
The prime minister should raise his sights beyond short-term party-political point scoring.
Three things we learnt from Liz Truss’s speech at the IfG
Liz Truss has defended the decisions she took as prime minister – but do her arguments stack up?
The stars are aligning for an autumn of distracted government
Rishi Sunak faces a trying autumn of difficulties and distractions.
Rebuilding and renewing the constitution
How political parties can rebuild the UK constitution.
The true legacy of Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s premiership serves as a warning to Rishi Sunak and any future prime minister.
The extraordinary significance of the Privileges Committee verdict on Boris Johnson
A small group of parliamentarians has enforced the principle that politicians must tell the truth
Five reasons we should be troubled by Boris Johnson’s resignations honours
Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list should bring about the end of this damaging convention
Speculation about a hung parliament is focused on the wrong precedents
Recent experience shows the main parties should prepare to govern as a minority or an insecure majority.
Sunak's scorecard and minority reports
Author Tim Bale joins the podcast team to make sense of the prime minister's battles over boats and bust-ups around Brexit.
Civil service politicisation is the wrong answer to the wrong question
Politicisation of the civil service is a solution that risks neither fixing its problems nor delivering its supposed advantages.