The Home Office offers a fluffy environment for EU citizens in search of settled status
Jill Rutter
21 June 2018

Home Secretary Sajid Javid today set out details of the process to assure EU residents in the UK of their new status. Jill Rutter welcomes this change in tone and approach.

Brexit / Brexit > Negotiations / Brexit > Trade & Immigration
Government will spend over £10bn on private finance deals this year but can’t tell you if they’re worth it
Graham Atkins
20 June 2018

Graham Atkins sets out three tests to ensure that any new government review of private finance builds a better picture of whether it is good value.

Policy making / Public services / Whitehall Monitor > Delivering major projects
EU red lines on security cooperation risk an outcome nobody wants
Tim Durrant
19 June 2018

Michel Barnier has set out the EU’s red lines in the Brexit negotiations on future policing and judicial arrangements, complaining of British intransigence. But his own position is just as inflexible, and the two sides are worryingly far apart, says Tim Durrant.

Brexit / Brexit > Negotiations / Brexit > Whitehall
The way the Government has announced its plans for the NHS makes those plans harder to achieve
Dr Gemma Tetlow
18 June 2018

Gemma Tetlow argues that separating news of spending largesse from any serious attempt to explain where the money will come from makes it harder to make the case for necessary tax rises – or looser fiscal targets.

Public services / Whitehall Monitor > Government finances
For the NHS anniversary, the PM has given us a big glittery box full of question marks
Nicholas Timmins
18 June 2018

The Government’s plan for a 3.4% increase in NHS spending is welcome as far as it goes but we need more detail, says Nicholas Timmins

Public services / Whitehall Monitor > Government finances
The battle for control of Brexit
Jill Rutter
15 June 2018

The pitched battle over the ‘meaningful vote’ amendment is a battle between two Conservative factions to get the Brexit they want without risking a general election, argues Jill Rutter.

Brexit / Brexit > Parliament / Parliament
‘Meaningful vote’ on Brexit: a second showdown is likely
Maddy Thimont Jack
15 June 2018

On Monday the House of Lords will consider the Commons’ verdict on the amendments it made to the EU Withdrawal Bill. Maddy Thimont Jack says that this will inevitably lead to a second showdown on a ‘meaningful vote’ in the Commons later in the week.

Brexit / Brexit > Parliament / Parliament
Three questions the Government needs to answer about NHS funding
Nick Davies
15 June 2018

Theresa May will reportedly announce a funding boost for the NHS next week. Nick Davies argues that the Government must answer three questions if it is to put the health system on a sustainable financial footing.

Policy making / Public services
Universal Credit: the Government still isn’t listening to bad news
Nicholas Timmins
15 June 2018

Even by the standards of previous National Audit Office (NAO) reports on major projects that have gone awry, today’s report on Universal Credit makes grim reading, says Nicholas Timmins.

Policy making
Government plugs gaps in prison service staff
Gavin Freeguard
14 June 2018

New civil service staff numbers show increases at the Prison and Probation Service, and spending on Brexit staff continuing to grow, says Gavin Freeguard.

Brexit / Brexit > Whitehall / Public services / Whitehall Monitor / Whitehall Monitor > Workforce / Whitehall Monitor > Government finances

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