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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.
All work
Planning Brexit: silence is not a strategy
Brexit could cost £65m a year and mean hiring at least 500 new civil servants.
Learning the lessons from Universal Credit
Universal Credit: From disaster to recovery looked at the failure and potential recovery of Universal Credit. In this separate commentary, we look at
Are we there yet? Progress on Theresa May’s government reorganisation
It’s now just over two weeks since Theresa May settled into Downing Street and slightly less than that since she restructured government
Devolution saves 6 billion plastic bags
New figures have revealed that the 5p charge on plastic bags has led to a significant reduction in use in England
Quick fix or masterplan: interpreting machinery of government changes
There were two drivers behind Theresa May’s reorganisation of government last week: coping with Brexit
Brexit: Organising Whitehall to deliver
Preparing for, negotiating and implementing Britain’s exit from the European Union will preoccupy Whitehall and government in the coming months and ye