Manifesto costings: what 'fully funded' actually means
Election costings documents are exercises in framing as much as arithmetic, and a short list of standard tricks covers most of what the…
Sarah Mitchell
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Policy, power and elections — non-partisan coverage of how decisions get made.
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The House of Lords: why reform is always imminent and never arrives
The Lords is indefensible on paper and quietly useful in practice, and every reform plan collapses on the same question: a more legitimate…
Sarah Mitchell
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Ministers and mandarins: how the civil service relationship really works
The permanent civil service serves any elected government impartially, and the friction between ministers and officials is a designed…
Sarah Mitchell
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How the electoral register works and why millions are missing
Individual registration, verified against DWP records and refreshed by an annual canvass, ended household sign-ups but left millions of…
Sarah Mitchell
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By-elections: how they happen and why they shake governments
A by-election is triggered by death, resignation, recall or disqualification, and its outsized political weight comes from being the only…
Sarah Mitchell
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Special advisers: who spads are and why they matter
Special advisers are temporary civil servants appointed personally by ministers, exempt from impartiality rules, roughly a hundred strong…
Sarah Mitchell
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The ministerial code: what it demands and who enforces it
The ministerial code sets rules on honesty, interests and conduct for ministers, but it is not law, and the only person who can enforce it…
Sarah Mitchell
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Armed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill. A politics report — sourced from UK Parliament Bills.
Daily Junction Editorial Team
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City of London (Markets) Bill
City of London (Markets) Bill. A politics report — sourced from UK Parliament Bills.
Daily Junction Editorial Team
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