Hannah White
Director and CEO
Hannah's recent work
There is emerging consensus about how to fix the broken centre of UK government
The centre of government is not fit for the challenges facing the UK.
The challenges of the coming decades can only be tackled with a smarter centre
The centre of government is not capable of meeting the challenges faced by the UK today.
Rishi Sunak should not disregard Lords scrutiny of his Rwanda bill
The prime minister's comments on the scrutiny role played by peers are a cause for concern.
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The new year challenges ahead in Parliament
The government will face a number of challenges in Parliament in 2020.
John Bercow’s legacy will continue to shape the House of Commons
Changes to the culture of the Commons will be harder to reverse than some other aspects of John Bercow's approach.
The government's timetable is designed to frustrate Brexit scrutiny
The government knows that MPs cannot agree to its unrealistic timetable for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.
Voting on Brexit: Parliament's role before 31 October
MPs looking to make their voices heard on Brexit will have far fewer opportunities to do so before 31 October.
Proroguing Parliament would be undemocratic and probably trigger an election
Dominic Raab has refused to rule out proroguing Parliament to stop it preventing a no deal Brexit.
Parliament after Brexit
MPs and peers need to make sure that Parliament is ready to take on new functions and adapt old ways of working to be ready for a post-Brexit reality
The Article 50 Brexit deadline has damaged parliamentary democracy
Parliament’s inability to coalesce around a single Brexit plan demonstrates the destructive effect of a fixed timetable for parliamentary democracy.
Party whips are trying to take back control of select committee membership
Labour's latest intentions would be a worrying reassertion of the power of the party whips over the select committee system.
Parliament can take control of Brexit – but that won’t solve the impasse
The ‘Nick Boles plan' to wrest control of the Brexit process from Government could work, but it will merely delay rather than solve the Brexit impasse