The government's working majority continues to come under sustained pressure, down 38 votes from GE 2019 after the suspension of Mark Menzies

It would be nice if a little bit of sport went well

#Arsenal

Not a comment on the topic itself but if I wanted an illustration to accompany an article on the working location of civil servants… I probably would choose an image of a building in which civil servants are actually employed

Carry yourself with the confidence of the people who look at seat reservation signs on trains, know they aren’t their seats, and then sit down anyway and are surprised when the person whose seat it is actually turns up

Changing a country is not meant to be easy - my piece on Liz Truss

“Deliberate, incremental improvements to the way we are governed are too important to be left to the conspiracy theorists”

instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/liz-tr…

Great to see the Commons has implemented Procedure Committee's 'Correcting the Record' report, which I gave oral evidence to. All MPs can now submit written corrections to Hansard with corrections now better publicised and easier to find.
Speaker's statement: hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-0…

Today is the registration deadline for elections on 2 May. With many races underway the Institute for Government has all the details... 🧵

It's excellent to see so many people signed up to this event - we're full for in person sign ups but you can still register to watch online - join us at lunch for a fantastic panel on all things polling and political strategy!
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/general-…

Tim Loughton becomes the 100th MP to announce that they won’t be contesting the next election. Some stats on those who won’t be standing again... 🧵

If you need a boost on this Tuesday morning, can I please recommend Reg the excellent cat and this thread of his escapades? Trust me.

As ever, Philip Cowley has the thread you need ahead of today's free vote in the Commons

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100 MPs have announced that they will not stand again at the next general election.

The most recent MP to confirm they will not seek re-election is Tim Loughton, who has been the Conservative MP for Shoreham and East Worthing since 1997 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/mps-…

‘Sorry, we’re in a queue at the moment- the train in front of us is running late, the train in front of that one is even more late, and the one in front of that is very very late. So now we are also late.’

My husband, not unreasonably: “Monday should be cancelled as a response to this match”

Oh hell yes