🚨 The NEW edition of our UK-EU Divergence Tracker is now live!

Key findings 👇

🙅 UK has little choice but to follow swathe of new EU standards
🇪🇺 EU in legislative overdrive ahead of June elections
🇬🇧 Pace of UK legislation has slowed

🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/uk-eu-…

Two BIG job openings at The Economist right now. The first is our Marjorie Deane internship. It's a six month gig in London with our finance and economics section. No previous experience required. Many great colleagues who work at the paper started here. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Today is 26 years since the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement was signed. Last year we recorded this special Institute for Government podcast episode bringing together some of the key people working behind the scenes to make a deal happen. Very much worth a listen
instituteforgovernment.org.uk/podcast/inside…

Great report from Home BuildersFed HBF on 20 years since the Barker Review.

Interesting seeing a close look at what was implemented, and how the problems she diagnosed have persisted. As Barker notes, it was never designed to 'solve' the problem on its own.
hbf.co.uk/news/hbf-beyon…

🤔📊 What role does polling play in shaping political strategy?

✍️ Sign up to this joint UKICE Institute for Government event to find out!

With Kelly Beaver MBE, Christabel Cooper, Rob Ford, Tom Lubbock, & Jill Rutter chairing.

🗓️ 16 April, 12:30-13:30.

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/general…

Job opp: temporary Head of Comms at Full Fact.
Amazing role in an election year as we push for
honesty in politics and measures to combat the harms of misinformation.
Closes 22 April. Please share with anyone you know who might be interested.
fullfact.teamtailor.com/jobs/3797431-i…

This is quite sweet. Good old cricket

the strange pledge to abolish national insurance - which Labour costed at over 40bn/yr - appears again in today's press release from Hunt and Sunak...

just the best internship if you want to find out how government works.. Institute for Government - you become a full team member, get credit for work you do... and work with very fun people

Exciting new opportunity for researchers, academics & policy experts to team up with Resolution Foundation. Please spread the word and apply.

Unless I misheard, Gove also said that the Leave campaign were very clear that the UK would stay in the single market and was not picked up on this

I enjoyed this discussion at the Institute for Government - we need to get the balance right between protecting people from harms online and protecting freedom of expression

🚨 Heat network training providers across England 🚨

The application window for the Heat Training Grant is now open to secure funding to train the next generation of heat network professionals.

The window closes on 6 May.

You can apply here 👇

gov.uk/government/pub…

Was asked to help two over-90s with no driving licence, passport or internet to get voter id. Went to Electoral Com'n website to download form. It's 4 pages and requires them to find and copy 4 different documents and provide a photo. I think they are about to be disenfranchised.