Jill Rutter

1 week ago | politicshome.com | Zoe Crowther |Jill Rutter

4 min read There was a chapter in the 2024 Labour manifesto called “Britain reconnected” which set out its plans for a reset with the EU, singling out France and Germany as allies with whom relationships needed to be rebuilt.

3 weeks ago | politicshome.com | Robert Hutton |Jill Rutter

4 min read Imagine you are a paid-up member of the great and the good – a business leader, a former minister, a distinguished academic. You get a call (or a WhatsApp). It’s a minister’s special adviser telling you that you are just the person to lead a review into how to solve a particularly difficult policy problem that has eluded their predecessors, the Civil Service is sucking its teeth, and the think tank ecosystem has little to offer.   Do you say yes?

1 month ago | instituteforgovernment.org.uk | James Kane |Jill Rutter |Thomas Pope

What tariffs has Donald Trump announced – and what do they mean for the UK?

Nov 6, 2024 | ukandeu.ac.uk | Jill Rutter |Alex Walker

Jill Rutter reflects on the first budget delivered by a woman Chancellor, exploring whether this made any difference to the policies or approach. There are a variety of approaches to being a successful woman politician. There is what we might dub the Hillary Clinton approach – to revel in the precedent (or in her case hoped for precedent) of her success.

Sep 6, 2024 | ukandeu.ac.uk | Jill Rutter |Alex Walker

Jill Rutter sets out the legislation Labour is introducing and the battles it will be fighting in the autumn over the budget. She argues that what will really matter is the longer term and whether people feel policies have made a difference to their lives. There is a back to work feel in Westminster this week, even if the Prime Minister missed out on his summer holiday to deal with the aftermath of the riots. The two-week September session – a relatively recent innovation – is packed with activity.