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Hannah White
Director and CEO
Hannah's recent work
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The gambling betting scandal is the latest reminder of the need to restore trust in politics
Ethical scandals, like the election betting furore, disrupt the ability of governments to deliver on their political priorities.
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Labour and the Conservatives might regret ducking the most difficult choices in their manifestos
Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer have not said how they would address implausible spending plans.
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General election 2024: Six things the winner must do to improve government
Government problems go beyond party or ideology: the whole system needs to change.
All work
Voting on Brexit: Parliament's role before 31 October
MPs looking to make their voices heard on Brexit will have far fewer opportunities to do so before 31 October.
Proroguing Parliament would be undemocratic and probably trigger an election
Dominic Raab has refused to rule out proroguing Parliament to stop it preventing a no deal Brexit.
Parliament after Brexit
MPs and peers need to make sure that Parliament is ready to take on new functions and adapt old ways of working to be ready for a post-Brexit reality
The Article 50 Brexit deadline has damaged parliamentary democracy
Parliament’s inability to coalesce around a single Brexit plan demonstrates the destructive effect of a fixed timetable for parliamentary democracy.
Party whips are trying to take back control of select committee membership
Labour's latest intentions would be a worrying reassertion of the power of the party whips over the select committee system.
Parliament can take control of Brexit – but that won’t solve the impasse
The ‘Nick Boles plan' to wrest control of the Brexit process from Government could work, but it will merely delay rather than solve the Brexit impasse
Can Cox change the Commons?
Too many MPs feel there is only a downside to tightening up the bullying and harassment procedures to which they are subject.
Cutting MP numbers could make Parliament more pliant
Reducing the total number of MPs without trimming the payroll vote could restrict the extent of constructive challenge to which government is subject.
Is the House of Commons stuck in the 19th century?
MPs seem oblivious of how bad media coverage of Parliament must look to the electorate.
Parliamentary Monitor 2018
How Parliament has spent its time and taxpayers’ money in the year from the 2017 State Opening of Parliament.