'You have to be across the whole of the operation' - former Lib Dem Chief Whip Alistair Carmichael MP yesterday on our panel discussing the Whips' Office with Tim Durrant Emma Peplow Rt Hon Anne Milton Chris White

💻 Watch or listen back to the event here:
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Caught up with this v good event on the whips in parliament. Myths and clichés about whips busted, and outstanding audience questions to Tim Durrant Rt Hon Anne Milton Chris White Alistair Carmichael MP Emma Peplow

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The government's working majority continues to come under sustained pressure, down 38 votes from GE 2019 after the suspension of Mark Menzies

This is going to be a fascinating discussion - a key part of government, that isn't always well understood, with a panel with fascinating insights

Tim Loughton becomes the 100th MP to announce that they won’t be contesting the next election. Some stats on those who won’t be standing again... 🧵

Over the weekend the tally of MP who've announced they're standing down hit 💯 with the news that Tim Loughton won't stand again

Loughton, a former children's minister, is the 63rd Conservative MP to announce they won't stand (+ several more ex-Tories)

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Energy minister Graham Stuart is the 11th minister to resign from Sunak's government outside of a reshuffle.

The last set of resignations triggered 5 ministerial moves – we'll have to wait and see how much disruption this causes in DESNZ and other departments.

Another ministerial resignation, but Stuart says he will fight the next election, unlike other recent resigners

There were 5 new ministerial appointments last night to replace James Heappey and Robert Halfon.

For #IWD2024 we've delved into the history of the minister for women – a role created for Harriet Harman in 1997 and now based at the Government Equalities Office

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How many FOI requests do government departments receive and what proportion are answered on time?

Sachin Savur has updated our explainer on the topic, including the latest stats: instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/free… #foi

Today Institute for Government has published our first paper looking ahead to things we think whoever wins the election should change about how government works.

First up, it's ethical standards and trust - which people do care about:

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