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cabinet

October 14, 2020

A fantasy Cabinet for a better reality

On top of its countless other failings, one of the features of our current government is an absence of fresh or original thinking.
July 27, 2019

Almost two-thirds of new Cabinet attended private schools

Members of the new Cabinet are nine times more likely to have gone to a fee-paying school than the general population.
April 17, 2019

Government 'must use Brexit extension to prepare for next phase of talks'

The UK risks stumbling into the next phase of negotiations with the EU without a plan, putting the country at an unnecessary disadvantage, according to a new report by the Institute for Government.
January 2, 2019

Scottish Cabinet papers from 2003 released

The Scottish Government is committed to releasing archived records after 15 years.
June 11, 2018

'Extraordinary secrecy' hampering government preparations for Brexit

A new report says the greatest challenge in delivering Brexit stems from the inability of a split Cabinet to make critical decisions.
June 9, 2018

EU Withdrawal Bill amendment 'tears the heart out of Parliament's meaningful vote'

Unlock Democracy says the Government wants to reduce Parliament to little more than a rubber stamp.
March 19, 2016

Iain Duncan Smith: the legacy

From the very beginning of his involvement in social security policy, Iain Duncan Smith got it wrong.
December 29, 2012

'Tough choices', Cabinet paper revelations, and the assault on welfare

UK government Cabinet papers from 1982, now released under the 30-year disclosure rule, confirm that the dismantling of the welfare state, the privatisation of the NHS and the savage cutting of public services has been a long-held ambition of the Conservative party.
December 19, 2012

Queen’s cabinet visit reveals 'feudal heart' of UK politics, says Republic

The group Republic, which campaigns for democratic alternatives to the monarchy, has criticised the Queen’s visit to yesterday morning’s cabinet meeting.
March 28, 2011

The inauthenticity of Michael Gove

Untruth is not always communicated in outright lies. There is a type of blinkered misapprehension which presents misleading and inauthentic concepts. None of us are immune to this failing and all of us need to keep it under informed scrutiny. But it often seems to come to the fore in politicians in a manner which does at the very least, raise questions as to their judgement and credibility.