Jill Rutter
Senior Fellow
Jill's recent work
Starmer and the farmers: Labour rediscovers its rural problem
Keir Starmer's falling out with the farmers has echoes of New Labour's bust-ups.
The government has gone the wrong way about legislating on assisted dying
The row over the assisted dying legislation has exposed the shortcomings of private members' bills.
David Gauke's prisons sentencing review could pave the way for lasting reform
The government has set up even more reviews than the 14 promised in the Labour manifesto.
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Starmer and the farmers: Labour rediscovers its rural problem
Keir Starmer's falling out with the farmers has echoes of New Labour's bust-ups.
The government has gone the wrong way about legislating on assisted dying
The row over the assisted dying legislation has exposed the shortcomings of private members' bills.
David Gauke's prisons sentencing review could pave the way for lasting reform
The government has set up even more reviews than the 14 promised in the Labour manifesto.
Keir Starmer’s European reset so far is style over substance
The government will soon need to set out what exactly it wants from EU/UK relations.
Five things we learned from the Conservative Party Conference 2024
What is the Conservative Party thinking about net zero, devolution, Brexit, public services and the civil service?
Rachel Reeves needs to learn lessons from her handling of the winter fuel allowance abolition
The chancellor did not construct a solid narrative for axing the winter fuel allowance.
The Hunt-Reeves row over asylum spending highlights the dangers of planning with fake numbers
Rachel Reeves should never sanction any kind of massaging of the figures by Treasury officials.
Starmer is wrong not to have a dedicated Commons committee to scrutinise the UK-EU relationship
The government would benefit from scrutiny of how it handles relations with Europe.
The so-called “purge” of departmental non-executives must not extend to public bodies
This government should go through more transparent processes to appoint its replacement non-executives.
The Labour government needs to address the unfinished Brexit business it inherited
The Conservative government did not get Brexit done. Labour will need to.