Explainers
Our explainers cover key subjects relating to our work, setting out key facts and figures and answering the most important questions about government.
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Danny Kennedy
Danny Kennedy reflects on his time as minister relations within the Northern Ireland executive and assembly and the challenges of cross-party working.
Kirsty Williams
Kirsty Williams discusses her time in the Welsh government, being a lone Liberal Democrat minister and the challenges raised by the Covid pandemic.
Ken Skates
Ken Skates reflects on his time in the Welsh government following the EU referendum and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health and social care levy
The government announced plans for a new ‘health and social care levy’. But how will it work?
Towns Fund
The Towns Fund for England (hereafter the Towns Fund) is a £3.6 billion fund for ‘struggling’ towns across England to support local economic growth.
Claire Sugden
Claire Sugden reflects on her time as justice minister for Northern Ireland and her experience of being an independent member of the executive.
Stephen Farry
Dr Stephen Farry was interviewed on 14 September 2021 for the Institute for Government’s Ministers Reflect project.
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir reflects on his time in the Northern Ireland executive, implications of the EU referendum, and the 2017 collapse of the executive.
Agriculture subsidies after Brexit
Having left the EU, the UK is now free to design its own agricultural policy to replace the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Paying for net zero
Working out a fair way to distribute the costs will be among the most important determinants of a successful transition to net zero.