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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
Absent resignations
At our event on great resignations Andrew Adonis said civil servants never resign because they don't believe in anything. Should they?
PAC introduces the "Hodge doctrine?"
The Public Accounts Committee hearing on the continuing problems in the Rural Payments Agency, a step towards more civil service accountability.
Feed-in frenzy
Junior climate change Minister Greg Barker answered a topical question on the government's proposed changes to "feed-in tariffs".
Negative feedback
The Care Quality Commission recently produced a damning report into NHS care of the elderly.
If Steve Jobs did government…
The outpouring of grief over the death of Steve Jobs highlights some distinctive traits which resonate with what we need from our political leaders.
We need to talk about.... taxes
The publication of the IFS’s review of the tax system this week shows up the deficiencies in the way we make policy about taxation.
Transparency in Arm's-Length Bodies
The guide builds the Institute for Government's report 'Read Before Burning'.
Science lessons
Can policy makers learn anything from the way in which some elements of the scientific community now approach collaboration?
Sticky red tape?
Now is a good time to ask whether the Red Tape Challenge is falling short of deregulators’ expectations.
The Dhoni example
Indian captain MS Dhoni’s sporting decision to let England batsman Ian Bell bat on after being given out has lessons for our political system.