Monthly Archives: November 2018

By John Lough; Vladimir Dubrovskiy

Starting in 2014, Ukraine has undertaken significant reforms to address corruption in public life. So far, there has been greater…

By Marley Morris; Tom Kibasi

After nearly two years of negotiations, the government has published the withdrawal agreement (WA) between the UK and the EU,…

By Joe Dromey; Lesley Rankin

There is a significant and persistent gender pay gap in the UK. Average hourly pay for women remains nearly one-fifth…

By Stephen Clarke; Nye Cominetti

In October there was good news on pay: nominal pay grew by 3.1 per cent in the 12 months to…

By Dr Simon Mabon (ed.)

This publication examines the increasingly fractious rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran and its devastating impact, shaped by geopolitical aspirations…

By David Finch; Laura Gardiner

This briefing note focuses on the implications of recent changes to Universal Credit (UC) – in particular the £1,000 increase…

By Matthew Whittaker

In this briefing paper we explore the challenge facing the Chancellor in this year’s Budget: balancing the seemingly conflicting goals…

By Raphael Hogarth; Alex Stojanovic; Jill Rutter

In Supervision after Brexit, the Institute for Government argues that there is a hole in the Government’s Brexit proposals, because…

By David Shiels; Dominic Walsh

In this paper, Open Europe examines how the UK and EU arrived at the current impasse over the Irish backstop…