Jill Rutter
@jillongovt
Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.
Just looking through @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #MInistersReflect interview with John Healey and instructive that this is what he picks as his big achievement in govt www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul...
anyone who read @hcdunlop.bsky.social and my blog on Monday did not need @darrenpjones.bsky.social to tell them on Tuesday the scheme was not funded - get info first @instituteforgovernment.org.uk (memo to No.10 - read our blogs!)
This might resonate with the PM - John Healey talking about the positives as a minister of working from Sheffield as skills minister
Lords leaves shaded stand closed as spectators flee the heat. What @thecccuk.bsky.social might describe as not well adapted
do all routes lead to Andy? Not necessarily acc excellent new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk graphic (this has taken a lot of agonising and great work by @melissaittoo.bsky.social)
The interesting thing about the bill is that it gives the govt powers to extend the powers to any other area it chooses to align with
not sure what people thought "dynamic alignment" would mean when govt said it was prepared to sign up to it (checks notes) 11 months ago -- this from @thetimes.com
really looking forward to chairing this @instituteforgovernment.org.uk event at 10.00 a.m. previewed by @politico.com - everything you need to know about the energy crisis but were afraid to ask
2) she clearly wants to go much further on alignment. The much prized autonomy would be the exception not the norm. Code for yes on financial services and maybe AI. Rest of the economy, not so much.
we have an emergency webinar coming up @instituteforgovernment.org.uk - the Chancellor wants to protect households and the public finances. Can she? - great line-up Emma Pinchbeck @thecccuk.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social @nestauk.bsky.social our own @danhaile.bsky.social and Nick Butler
Govt default is not to settle severance claims -- even if the costs might exceed the payout acc Treasury guidance assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6926c5... #Mandelson
This comment for @ukandeu.bsky.social looks as though it is standing up pretty well
stamp duty and associated devolved versions raise big money and forecast to go a lot higher acc OBR in March (that said, a genuinely popular policy which could pave the way for serious tax reform)
Biggest book launch I've ever been to.. in Tonbridge to hear about Rev Penny Stephens first cosy crime novel "Till death us do part". Move over Richard Coles/Osman
well IF the govt was serious about missions those would be front and centre of the No. 10 website explaining how they were organised, what they were trying to do, who was in charge of what. The Plan for Change is featured ...
well I think this is MUCH better for telling me what dept is trying to do ... this is all I can get from the archive..
the reality of post-Brexit divergence - and why active divergence has been so limited - from @ukandeu.bsky.social Brexit and the State ukandeu.ac.uk/reports/brex... Alignment benefits outweigh costs for exporters..
I don't think this was me, despite being sent it by numbers of people today ... I think it must have been @jillyrutter.bsky.social who certainly is a top wonk @thetimes.com and has very clear views on migration and, it appears, mugs
Highly enjoyable evening watching Gang of Three about Labour in the 1970s @kingsheadtheatre.bsky.social ...Great nostalgia for some...distant history for others... Thanks to all involved.
constitutional/judicial bodies watchdogs/ regulators and "departmental sponsored bodies" which could under this model be absorbed into depts.. From Read Before Burning.... still good advice
Reviews, reviews.. Yesterday a review of ONS launched. Today Steve Reed publishes @danrcorry.bsky.social review of environmental regulation. Tomorrow @instituteforgov.bsky.social we discuss govt reviews with a great panel - join us..https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/government-reviews
the politicians shouted me down (well disagreed) when I said on BBC Westminster Hour last night that Rachel Reeves should be bold about reforming the tax system last night -- so good to see that Martin Wolf @financialtimes.com (£) agrees www.ft.com/content/fbf0...
From my nightly Australian newsletter re their upcoming Budget (election imminent there..) ... George Osborne and Ed Balls's worst nightmare.. the rest of us can only hope #betterbudgets