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Posts Tagged: REFORM

Johnson should be deeply wary of opening Pandora’s Box with a constitutional commission

Advocates of every hoary old reform would immediately set to work arguing that the Union could be saved by their One Weird Trick.

By Henry Hill | 23 January 2021 | 119 comments

The Prime Minister being ‘frustrated, angry and upset’ is no basis for Lords reform

There may be a good case for changes, but they will only stick if the Government takes care that they are brought in for the right reasons.

By Henry Hill | 5 August 2020 | 113 comments

What the abolition of DfID tells us about the war on Civil Service generalists

Constantly circulating officials around Whitehall has its downsides – but might the alternative be deeper departmental biases?

By Henry Hill | 18 July 2020 | 68 comments

Charlotte Pickles: Ten million people are at risk of becoming unemployed. They must be Sunak’s priority this week.

The Chancellor should use his statement on Wednesday to announce a comprehensive and ambitious plan to counter the threat.

By Charlotte Pickles | 5 July 2020 | 60 comments

“Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.”

The big picture is that Johnson is dashing for growth. We devoutly hope it works but the precedents aren’t promising.

By Paul Goodman | 30 June 2020 | 97 comments

Dan Pitt: In spite of this pandemic, constitutional reforms remain a high priority for Conservatives

Johnson’s election manifesto promised to remove the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, among other pledges.

By Daniel Pitt | 15 June 2020 | 90 comments

When it comes to dealing with its own MPs, this Government is out of its depth

Some of its problems can be fixed. Others won’t be. And one perhaps can’t be: namely, that this Parliament seems to be incapable of saying No.

By Paul Goodman | 3 June 2020 | 91 comments

This really is the time to let the deficit grow big enough to look after itself

If, that is, interest rates carry on at rock bottom rates. But we have to take a chance on growing our way out of this crisis.

By Paul Goodman | 15 May 2020 | 110 comments

Budget 1) This was less a Conservative Budget than “the People’s Budget”. From a Vote Leave Government – not the usual Tory one.

It may be necessary, given the Coronavirus, and could even work. But Britain has a long, long record of state spending failing to turbo-charge growth.

By Paul Goodman | 12 March 2020 | 150 comments

John Redwood: Lessons for managing civil service obstruction from the Thatcher years. And my role as head of her Policy Unit.

There were plenty of Yes Minister routines and scripts to live through then as now. Much of the system did not like the privatisation programme.

By Sir John Redwood MP | 4 March 2020 | 106 comments

Nadhim Zahawi: In defence of Cummings. He’s focused on delivering for those we serve. Isn’t that for the best?

We’ve been through all this before with the Gove education reforms – which he co-worked on and which have helped to improve lives.

By Nadhim Zahawi MP | 19 February 2020 | 93 comments

Reshuffle 1) The lesson of this PJ Masks shakeup. For Johnson and Cummings, it is truly Do or Die.

We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.

By Paul Goodman | 14 February 2020 | 154 comments

Claudia Martinez: Politicians like to boast about new hospitals but primary care should be the priority

Over a third of patients who attend A&E do so for non-urgent, minor injuries. They are unable to get GP appointments.

By Claudia Martinez | 11 February 2020 | 15 comments

Neil O’Brien: Stormzy, “niggas”, “bitches” – and scholarships. Do we really want to fund racial groups?

Collecting statistics on people’s self-identified racial background is one thing.  Having ringfenced funding for one racial group is quite another.

By Neil O Brien MP | 7 January 2020 | 33 comments

The election in which the Conservatives finally waved farewell to Thatcher’s ghost

Johnson is a self-described “Brexity Hezza” and now has the chance to mould a Party and country in his own romantic image.

By Paul Goodman | 13 December 2019 | 93 comments

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