All posts tagged "Labour"

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  Opinion: Fixing Labour’s communications missteps

  Since winning the general election in July, the Labour party has faced challenges in transitioning from opposition to government. Alastair McCapra, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations,

  • Posted October 28, 2024
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  Sue Gray leaves role as UK prime minister’s chief of staff to avoid ‘becoming a distraction’

  Sue Gray, the former senior civil servant who moved to a political post as the top advisor to Labour leader Keir Starmer, has stood down from the position after concluding

  • Posted October 7, 2024
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  The one-two punch: protecting living standards in an era of conflict and inflation

  At the Global Government Summit in Singapore, civil service leaders from 16 countries met to explore five of the biggest challenges facing their countries – debating first how to protect

  • Posted July 18, 2023
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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  Opinion: Labour’s appointment plans say little about civil servants, but much about politicians

  Last week, unnamed Labour sources floated the idea of letting politicians directly appoint departmental leaders. Matt Ross argues that the plan fails to understand either government or management – and

  • Posted November 13, 2019
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  UK civil service chief blocks opposition policy costings as election looms

  The UK’s Cabinet secretary and head of the civil service, Mark Sedwill, has intervened to block the release of a government document estimating the costs of the opposition Labour Party’s

  • Posted November 7, 2019
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  UK Parliament wins right to avert No Deal on Brexit

  The UK’s House of Commons agreed on Wednesday night that if Parliament rejects both PM Theresa May’s planned Brexit deal and the prospect of a ‘No Deal’ exit, MPs will

  • Posted February 27, 2019
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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 fragmented House of Commons. What on earth has happened to Britain’s normally-pragmatic politicians – and where

  • Posted December 14, 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. But current UK politics is defined by miscalculations and fear, not logic and principle; Matt Ross

  • Posted November 19, 2018
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  UK Parliament can safely block Brexit deal, says former deputy PM

  Britain’s Brexiteers argue that a parliamentary vote against the Brexit settlement currently under negotiation would lead to a chaotic ‘no-deal’ exit from the EU. But the UK’s former deputy prime

  • Posted April 27, 2018
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