Working to make government more effective

Working to make government more effective

Jill Rutter

Jill Rutter

Senior Fellow

Jill Rutter is a Senior Fellow.  She worked at the Institute from 2009 to 2019, leading work on Brexit, policy making and arm’s length bodies.  Before joining the Institute she spent most of her career in the civil service, working at HM Treasury, No.10 and most recently at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.  

Jill is a regular commentator on a wide range of issues about government, the civil service and Brexit.  She is employed as a Senior Research Fellow at UK in a Changing Europe and Kings College London. She is an adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission on net zero and to Westminster Council’s Energy and Green Transition Commission.  

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23 MAR 2011 Comment

Budget talk: An end to secrecy?

The Treasury's decision to pre-brief most of the good news in the Budget finally explodes the myth of the need for special rules for Budget making.

22 FEB 2011 Comment

Outsourcing policy

Caroline Spelman MP is extricating herself from the woods on forests by remitting the issue to a panel of experts.

14 FEB 2011 Comment

Accident prevention in government

Recent accident-proneness in government has led the commentariat to come out with prescriptions to help the coalition perform better.

02 DEC 2010 Comment

Policy making: what worked?

Much of the time we wallow in policy failures - but there are lessons to be learnt from when policies work as well.