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Jill Rutter
Senior Fellow
Jill's recent work
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The major parties are desperate to avoid 2024 being a Brexit election
What do the party manifestos tell us about where Brexit could go next?
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A distracted EU may not have much time to reset relations with the UK
The European parliament elections aren't likely to lead to a willingness to renegotiate the Brexit deal.
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Mayoral accountability hangs on divorcing local vote from national trends
The read-across from local contests to the national polls should be dismissed.
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David Ford
David Ford was interviewed on 9 July 2019 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Northern Ireland risks being collateral damage in the Conservative leadership contest
Neither Jeremy Hunt nor Boris Johnson have shown any signs of seriously considering the threat that no deal poses to Northern Ireland.
Both parties need to recognise that civil service impartiality is worth protecting
Both politicians and civil servants need to act as though they understand the value of civil service impartiality.
Net zero target should not be slipped through without proper debate
Jill Rutter argues that this government’s biggest economic policy decision should not be made by a piece of secondary legislation with minimal discuss
Westminster needs to pay attention to the European election results – in Northern Ireland
Just because the Northern Irish European election results came late does not make them any less important for the future of Brexit.
Theresa May's Brexit deal: final offer to MPs
Theresa May offered a 10-point 'new deal' on Brexit to MPs following cross-party talks. It was her final offer before she resigned as prime minister.
Five things to think about in the European Parliament elections
It was the vote that wasn’t supposed to happen but it is still worth voting in the European Parliament elections.
Declaring a national climate emergency won't make a difference
A willingness to take long-term tough decisions on carbon emissions is far more important than short-term gestures.
How close are May and Corbyn to a Brexit deal?
As talks continue between Labour and the Government, the two sides are within touching distance – but that does not mean they will meet.
Brexit: the final countdown
By the end of the week, we could either be out of the EU with no deal – or on a slow track to reconsidering whether we really want to Brexit at all.