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Comment
Published: 30 November 2018
Security Minister Ben Wallace has made clear that no deal would be a significant step back for UK–EU security cooperation – particularly when it comes to policing and criminal justice. He’s right. Relying on the patchwork of arrangements that pre-dated EU tools would make it more difficult to... more
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Comment
Published: 30 November 2018
The Government’s analysis of four Brexit options – Chequers, membership of the European Economic Area (EEA), no deal and no Brexit – passed our transparency tests. Because the document is transparent, it is clear that the assumptions chosen present the Prime Minister’s Chequers proposal as the... more
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Explainer
Published: 04 December 2018
What is contempt of Parliament?
Contempt is something that interferes with Parliament or obstructs it, or a member of either House, from performing their duties. It is loosely defined, and Parliament decides whether something is or is not contempt. It has in the past included criminal acts,... more
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Explainer
Published: 04 December 2018
What would a failure to pass the Government’s motion mean for the Brexit process?
If the Prime Minister’s deal fails to pass Parliament’s meaningful vote on Brexit, it could have major ramifications for the Brexit process and the Government’s position.
In terms of parliamentary procedure, the... more
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Event
Published: 04 December 2018
The Haldane Report was a landmark study when it was published in 1918. It set out the principles that it thought should underpin the Government’s use of evidence and formation of policy.
To mark the centenary of the report, UK Research and Innovation, the Government Office for Science and the... more
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Comment
Published: 04 December 2018
In his Commons statement, the Attorney General Geoffrey Cox said what the Prime Minister admitted at the Liaison Committee last week: there is no “unilateral withdrawal clause” with regards to the Irish backstop. That means if the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal is accepted, the UK will face a... more
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Explainer
Published: 04 December 2018
There are no fixed rules in the UK for when a referendum should take place.
Referendums are held on an ad hoc basis, as and when Parliament decides. There have only ever been three UK-wide referendums: in 1975 and 2016 on EEC/EU membership, and in 2011 on electoral reform. There have been many... more
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Project
Published: 06 December 2018
After decades of cross-party consensus, the viability of government outsourcing is now under question. Failures such as the collapse of Carillion and reduced competition for major contracts (fuelling perceptions of inadequate competition) have led to increasing debate about the suitability of the... more
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Publication
Published: 07 December 2018
The Prime Minister is hoping to secure the support of Parliament for her Withdrawal Agreement in the coming weeks. If she succeeds, winning the ‘meaningful vote’ on her deal, that will only mark the start of a contentious process to implement the deal in legislation. Parliament will be under... more
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Event
Published: 07 December 2018
The Institute for Government brought together leading parliamentarians and political figures to ask what happens next for Brexit.
We were joined by:
Hilary Benn MP, Chair of the Committee on Exiting the European Union
Stella Creasy MP
Daniel Moylan, Brexit campaigner and former adviser... more
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