Peter JonesAssociate Director

Brexit: what happened last night and what happens next?

Last night, Conservative MPs united for the first time in months around a course of action, backed by the Prime Minister on the next steps in the Brexit process. That is the most optimistic take...Read more

Brexit: May’s Deal or No Deal?

It has been another extraordinary week in Westminster. The Government started the week with two significant defeats in the Commons. In doing so, it became the first government in history to be found in contempt...Read more

Brexit: end game for May or end of the beginning?

With events moving fast in Westminster today, the WA team set out our take on the challenges facing the Prime Minister. Further updates will follow as the situation develops. After two years of negotiation and...Read more

The tough sell: getting a Brexit deal through Parliament looks harder by the day

This afternoon’s news of Jo Johnson’s resignation as Rail Minister throws into sharp relief the challenges still facing Theresa May in getting any kind of Brexit deal through Parliament. Confidence has grown over the past...Read more

Spreadsheet Phil has a Spring in his step

As expected, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has stuck to his promise that he would not use his Spring Statement today as a de-facto second Budget. Instead, he used his speech to provide an update on the...Read more

A strong and stable reshuffle*

The disastrous 2017 election result for the Conservative Party has set the context within which UK politics has been operating ever since. Yesterday’s reshuffle is another reminder that the Prime Minister’s political authority is diminished,...Read more

Industrial Strategy: big vision and Grand Challenges but does the policy match the ambition?

It was long (nearly 250 pages), at times repetitive and much of the content was either announced at the Budget or is a restatement of existing policies or strategies. But the Government’s long awaited Industrial...Read more