Jill Rutter
Senior Fellow
Jill's recent work
Mayoral accountability hangs on divorcing local vote from national trends
The read-across from local contests to the national polls should be dismissed.
Brexit is not done – and the UK needs to rethink how it manages its relationship with the EU
Whoever wins the election will face seven key Brexit questions.
The WASPI pension row has highlighted important lessons for policy makers
An Ombudsman report into pension age change highlights big lessons for government.
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Governing without ministers
How Northern Ireland has functioned since the collapse of power-sharing in 2017.
The number of Brexit options in play are going up
It is now 39 months since the referendum result, but it is becoming even less clear how the Brexit story ends.
Even the most special advisers still only advise
Dominic Cummings has become the big story of the Johnson administration – but that shouldn’t let his boss off the hook.
Boris Johnson has chucked the Chequers compromise
The real change of direction by the new government is over the future relationship with the EU.
No-deal Brexit and a quick return to power sharing in Northern Ireland don’t go together
The prime minister's Brexit strategy means he will end up imposing direct rule in Northern Ireland.
Preparing Brexit: no deal
What the prime minister will need to do in the next 94 days to prepare for no deal.
The civil service must speak truth to Boris (and his Cabinet)
As civil servants across Whitehall begin to brief their new secretaries of state, there is a risk that they fetter their potentially unwanted advice.
The new Prime Minister needs some stability in his government
While the temptation of a new prime minister is change for change’s sake, the new PM needs to balance this with a commitment to stability.
David Ford
David Ford was interviewed on 9 July 2019 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Northern Ireland risks being collateral damage in the Conservative leadership contest
Neither Jeremy Hunt nor Boris Johnson have shown any signs of seriously considering the threat that no deal poses to Northern Ireland.