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  An uncertain take-off: why US officials are reaching for the parachutes

  The US government is back at work – but the five-week funding gap has...

  • Posted January 31, 2019
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  Looking past the politics: Britain’s future under the EU withdrawal deal

  UK politicians are hopelessly divided over the Withdrawal Agreement. But their furious debate overlooks...

  • Posted December 19, 2018
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  Whither Brexit? Explaining the UK’s political chaos

  An attempt to unseat the prime minister. Deadlock between government and Parliament. A hopelessly...

  • Posted December 14, 2018
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  Taxing the digital economy: the struggle for real cash in a virtual world

  Government tax bases are shrinking as digital services and global businesses expand, but there’s...

  • Posted December 13, 2018
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  Obituary: Jeremy Heywood, UK Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service

  The former cabinet secretary, who died earlier this month, managed to challenge people’s thinking...

  • Posted November 27, 2018
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  Analysis: The UK’s black comedy of errors

  Conventional wisdom holds that the House of Commons must reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal....

  • Posted November 19, 2018
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  Challenging the policy of procrastination

  The British government has decided not to decide its Brexit goals, Gordon Brown argued...

  • Posted November 15, 2018
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  Taxation in a digital age: Global Government Finance Summit, part 6

  Individuals and businesses are increasingly generating value in the digital sphere, but governments’ systems...

  • Posted November 14, 2018
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  Should we put our trust in blockchain?

  Blockchains could validate people’s rights – but, misused, they could as easily steal them....

  • Posted November 6, 2018
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  Singapore’s digital pioneers: Global Government Finance Summit, part 5

  Not every nation enjoys the advantages that have enabled Singapore to lead the way...

  • Posted October 29, 2018
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  US officials’ warnings against WHO funding cut leaked

  An internal memo written by US officials and addressed to secretary of state Mike...

  • Posted April 21, 2020
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  Former UK Home Office chief launches unfair dismissal claim

  Sir Philip Rutnam, who resigned as Home Office permanent secretary on 29 February alleging...

  • Posted April 20, 2020
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  New Zealand ministers and top civil servants take pay cut amid corona crisis

  New Zealand’s PM, ministers and public service chief executives – the most senior officials...

  • Posted April 16, 2020
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  Sir John Manzoni steps down as UK civil service chief exec but will stay on in advisory role

  The chief executive of the UK civil service and Cabinet Office permanent secretary, Sir...

  • Posted April 14, 2020
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  Former world leaders call for G20 to coordinate corona response

  In an open letter to G20 leaders, 92 former presidents and prime ministers have...

  • Posted April 8, 2020
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