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Lifting lockdown in 2021: the next phase of the coronavirus strategy
Any mismanagement that risks a fourth lockdown would represent a serious failure of government.
The United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020
The steps the UK government needs to take to manage the UK internal market and ensure it works in the long-term.
Coronavirus hotel quarantine: key questions for the government
The gaps and challenges the government must answer if it wants its quarantine system to be a success.
Managing the UK's relationship with the EU
The government needs to work out how it will organise itself to manage its relationship with its largest trading partner.
Coronavirus: no going back to normal
Life after coronavirus will not feel like life before.
Whitehall Monitor 2021
Whitehall Monitor 2021 reveals the way the pandemic has changed how the government takes decisions, spends money and makes policy.
The heart of the problem: a weak centre is undermining the UK government
The effectiveness of Number 10 and the Cabinet Office and ways to improve how they work.
Brexit and coronavirus: economic impacts and policy response
The government should restrict access to coronavirus support schemes to businesses affected by the pandemic.
Science advice in a crisis
Ministers must improve the way they use and communicate science advice or risk repeating mistakes made during the coronavirus crisis.
How to design a successful industrial strategy
The Johnson government has failed to explain how it will deploy the economic freedoms promised by Brexit to build a stronger UK economy.