Tim Durrant
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Downing Street chief of staff
The Downing Street chief of staff is the UK prime minister’s most senior political adviser.
Government reshuffles
A reshuffle is when government ministers are moved between posts.
Whips: What is their role?
Whips are MPs and peers affiliated to a political party appointed to ensure their party colleagues vote according to the leader’s agenda.
Government ministers
This explainer sets out what are the different types of ministers, how they are appointed and what they do.
Parliamentary private secretaries
A parliamentary private secretary (PPS) is an MP who serves as an unpaid assistant to a government minister.
Andy Burnham can make his immediate mark on ethics in public life
The Ethics and Integrity Commission has provided Andy Burnham with a shopping list of options for improving integrity in public life.
Burnham’s first reshuffle should resist a sweeping change of junior ministers
Beyond refreshing his Cabinet, keeping most ministers in their current roles is Burnham’s best chance of getting things done in government.
Reflecting on Keir Starmer’s premiership
The IfG team looks back at two years of Labour government under Keir Starmer.
Cabinet
The cabinet is the senior decision-making body in government.
Former prime ministers: what support do they get from the state?
Prime ministers are entitled to public financial support in the form of the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA).