The Brexit effect is being felt in government his week. Two ace new Institute for Government blogs set out ways forward to help with Northern Protocol problems & the trade deal rows. 1. Jess Sargeant says political will is needed to make the protocol work instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/ni-protoc…

Confused about the new traffic light system for travel? 🟢Will green list countries let you in? 🟡Does amber mean go?? New Institute for Government explainer instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainers/cov…

We can guess from his THREADS what Dominic Cummings wants Health and Social Care Committee and @CommonsSTC to ask tomorrow - here's what I think they should probe (and thanks to Tom Sasse for contribution) instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/questions…

🚨New report 🚨 Today Ellie Shearer and I have published 'Taking back control of subsidies', on a new UK system to replace state aid rules. I know this sounds wonky, but it matters. Here's why you should care and read our report 1/7 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/t…

A genuinely fascinating dissection of the Cummings appearance feat. Sam Freedman - someone with first hand experience of the man himself. Well worth your time to give this a listen.

I think this is more complicated than Nick Timothy MP implies. Rycroft is talking about managerial issues in the running of the civil service eg recruiting diverse teams. The mess here is that we have always fudged accountability in UK govt (1/7)

Intriguing choice of muzak while waiting for Michael Gove to unveil lessons form the pandemic.... may feel obliged to live tweet... (there was applause at one stage...) can you really be this late for an online speech? Maybe Lindsay Hoyle has summoned him?

The UK and Australia have announced that they’ve agreed a trade deal ‘in principle’. What might that mean for the UK and its nascent trade policy? A thread: gov.uk/government/new…

A new "declaration" for government reform was published today - Michael Gove has ambitious plans Some new changes, many familiar ones, lots to be welcomed, some gaps Bronwen Maddox and set out our early analysis here instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/d…

This week the Committee on Standards in Public Life published a report calling on the prime minister to strengthen how standards of behaviour are enforced. I think they have lots of good ideas, but I'm not holding my breath on Johnson actually listening instituteforgovernment.org.uk/blog/pressure-…

Hopefully the Home Office doesn’t listen to this podcast - specifically the bit where I rubbish Penguins, the crap imitation of Tim Tams. (Forget trade deals, inflated tim tam prices in the UK are just an argument for unilateral trade liberalisation)

It is five years today since the EU referendum (I know it feels a lot longer..) To mark this milestone, I'm delighted to be joined tomorrow by an excellent panel to reflect on this remarkable period in British politics & what lessons we can learn👇 instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/the-bre…

Australia goes into ‘new phase’ & its PM holds emergency talks What’s happening? Listen back to this ⁦Institute for Government⁩ podcast with ⁦Latika M Bourke⁩ & ⁦Sarah Nickson⁩ for more on Australia’s pandemic response podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ins… bbc.com/news/world-aus…

"The upholding of standards in government should not just depend on whether scandals achieve “cut-through” with the public" Wise words from my Institute for Government colleague Dr Alice Lilly on why current checks and balances are not up to scratch: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great thread from Eleanor on the latest furlough scheme data as employers start contributing again from today

The Hancock episode shows that the current ministerial code is not working and needs a complete overhaul. Our new Institute for Government report, published today, sets out how the PM should do this instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/u…

NEW: Institute for Government report on the Green Recovery We find UK govt has been unambitious compared w/ other countries & key policies have been poorly designed/implemented We offer reccs on how HM Treasury can change that as UK moves into recovery phase & prepares to host COP26

New Institute for Government report on how the UK can build a Green Recovery Key points ⬇️ instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/b…

I've lost count of the number "Australian-style" UK govt policies. But what's the substance behind the spin? Join our brilliant panel Laura Tingle John McTernan Marc Stears James Starkie Jill Rutter for Institute for Government Monday - 12pm GMT / 9pm AEST. Details here: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/events/austral…