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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
How to be a tax-reforming chancellor
The tax system is in desperate need of reform. The new government’s majority gives it an opportunity that none has had for the last decade and a half.
MPs should use their extra time wisely and scrutinise the government’s Brexit plans
MPs should not only use the Supreme Court outcome to embarrass the government.
Governing without ministers
How Northern Ireland has functioned since the collapse of power-sharing in 2017.
The number of Brexit options in play are going up
It is now 39 months since the referendum result, but it is becoming even less clear how the Brexit story ends.
Even the most special advisers still only advise
Dominic Cummings has become the big story of the Johnson administration – but that shouldn’t let his boss off the hook.
Boris Johnson has chucked the Chequers compromise
The real change of direction by the new government is over the future relationship with the EU.
No-deal Brexit and a quick return to power sharing in Northern Ireland don’t go together
The prime minister's Brexit strategy means he will end up imposing direct rule in Northern Ireland.
Preparing Brexit: no deal
What the prime minister will need to do in the next 94 days to prepare for no deal.
The civil service must speak truth to Boris (and his Cabinet)
As civil servants across Whitehall begin to brief their new secretaries of state, there is a risk that they fetter their potentially unwanted advice.
The new Prime Minister needs some stability in his government
While the temptation of a new prime minister is change for change’s sake, the new PM needs to balance this with a commitment to stability.