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We need proposals – not negotiators – to make progress on Brexit
If the UK does not have detailed ideas of what it wants, there is no point splashing out on Eurostar fares for hundreds of civil servants.
Crime is about more than policing
The debate over police cuts isn't going anywhere without a robust, cross-government response to go with it.
Devolution after Brexit
All four governments of the UK – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and Westminster – must go back to the drawing board to redefine their relationships
Tax devolution is welcome – but the system increasingly lacks coherence
There is a strong case for a review of how devolved and local government is funded.
DCMS becomes the department for data
Bringing government data policy together provides an opportunity to revitalise it.
Tax and devolution
Why are taxes being devolved?
The inquiry that everyone forgot
The fate of the Hyponatraemia Inquiry should serve as a warning to other inquiries currently underway.
Rising expectations of the Ministerial Code
The Prime Minister should decide the consequences of Ministerial Code investigations
EU makes clear the high price of trade in its new Brexit guidelines
The EU’s negotiating guidelines show the challenge the Prime Minister faces in achieving her Mansion House vision for post-Brexit trade.
Brexit deal: how do the UK and EU opening positions on the future trading relationship compare?
Both the UK and the EU have set out their positions ahead of negotiations on the framework for the future trading relationship. We compare the two par