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Jill Rutter

@jillongovt.bsky.social

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Senior Fellow, Institute for Government and still doing bits for UK in a Changing Europe. Cricket fan and (not very good) tennis player.

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Jill Rutter is a former British civil servant. She is a senior research fellow of UK in a Changing Europe, and was previously the programme director at the Institute for Government (IfG) directing the organisation's work on better policy making and Brexit. She has written a number of reports on civil service and the implications of Brexit for Whitehall and Westminster. .. more

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 11h

here is an estimate of £ 4.5bn spent by Feb 2010 - the scheme was scrapped in May news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8707355...

BBC News - Identity cards scheme will be axed 'within 100 days'

news.bbc.co.uk

Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 11h

I am not sure these cost estimates would be relevant now as we already have lots of digital ID systems that govt could build off.. note that govt was charging for cards backed then and people who had paid did not get compensated when cards were cancelled

Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 11h

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Identity Cards - Hansard - UK Parliament

Hansard record of the item : 'Identity Cards' on Monday 6 July 2009.

hansard.parliament.uk

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 11h

sorry - failed to put in the reference and now can;t find it .. the estimate in 2007 was that the scheme would cost a total of £ 5.31m by 2016 but it was cancelled in 2010. That was the estimate of the cost when scrapped by govt argued in 2009 that a lot of those costs were for biometric passports

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 13h

it does make the point that employers are already supposed to check status..(I thought...) -- but you are right

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 15h

here's a handy @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer for him on the background in case he hasn't looked at that either www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/di...

Digital ID cards | Institute for Government

The introduction of ID cards has been debated in Westminster for decades.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 15h

well if you are not getting any credit for it, maybe just rein it in..

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peterhyman.bsky.social @peterhyman.bsky.social · 16h

thanks a lot - think we need a playbook of campaigns to cut through the noise rather than a ‘one and done’ mentality of small policy launches.

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 17h

V interesting new substack from @peterhyman.bsky.social on what decent modern media management in govt should look like - and why the Grid is no longer the way to go peterhyman21.substack.com/p/revealed-h... (the lesson of Major era is, I think, hopeless division not great for media management)

Revealed: How the No 10 grid strangles effective communication

A government ‘playlist’ of campaigns could cut through more powerfully than an old-style grid of worthy policy nuggets

peterhyman21.substack.com

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 18h

its one of the best ever titles if nothing else

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 18h

V Important piece from @andrewgmccormick.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social on why UK guarantees would be inadequate replacement for ECHR for GFA/Belfast agreement. UK govts are joint guarantors of that agreement with Irish counterpart

UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 18h

"The underlying point is that, given the history, there was nothing like sufficient trust that the UK state could, or would, provide the safeguards and protections of minority rights in Northern Ireland, and that remains the case today."

ukandeu.ac.uk/the-belfast-...

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and Human Rights - UK in a changing Europe

Andrew McCormick explains the role ECHR membership plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 18h

The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and Human Rights - UK in a changing Europe

Andrew McCormick explains the role ECHR membership plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Markus W. Gehring @mwgehring.bsky.social · 18h

Warm invitation @eulegalstudies.bsky.social annual lecture with the most inspiring @ukandeu.bsky.social Director Prof @anandmenon.bsky.social with Reflections on the Brexit ‘Revolution’ - please join us @cambridgelaw.bsky.social on 3 Nov 5.30pm - open to all.

www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

2025-26 Mackenzie Stuart Lecture: 'Reflections on the Brexit

Speaker: Professor Anand Menon, Director, UK in a Changing Europe Biography: Anand Menon is Director of the UK in a Changing Europe and Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s

www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 21h

Steve Reed at Labour (in the Politico pub) said he hadn't thought about revaluation or and it hadn't cropped up in any discussion with Rachel Reeves

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 23h

"Are they [MRPs] any use to anyone at this stage of the Parliament? No! Do something more useful. Stop producing these polls. They're not magic."

Expert pollster @psurridge.bsky.social reflects on polls and electoral reform

Catch up on the discussion in full here 👇 www.youtube.com/live/ivRLHUb...

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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social · 1d

Flagged in this morning’s Politico Playbook, here’s @tompope.bsky.social’s excellent new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk blog on Kemi Badenoch’s stamp duty plan - and why the sums don’t quite add up.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/kemi...

Kemi Badenoch’s promise to abolish stamp duty has ducked tax trade-offs | Institute for Government

Do Kemi Badenoch's stamp duty sums add up?

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social · 1d

And here's a new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk explainer by @jillongovt.bsky.social on how stamp duty works (and whether Kemi Badenoch's plan to abolish it is sensible..)

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/explainer/st...

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 1d

some non-residential - and would need to decide whether only principal residence .. I'd confine any change to people who are tax residents..

Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 1d

stamp duty and associated devolved versions raise big money and forecast to go a lot higher acc OBR in March (that said, a genuinely popular policy which could pave the way for serious tax reform)

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 1d

when I was at Defra we wanted LAs to do stuff on climate and air quality but what really mattered to local people/councils was litter and quality of public realm

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 2d

I dialled in from Manchester to discuss the state of the right with @psurridge.bsky.social @timbale.bsky.social and Tim Montgomerie (also in Manchester - even though he is now in Reform) for @ukandeu.bsky.social Utterly fascinating (TM @anandmenon.bsky.social) - watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivRL...

UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the right

YouTube video by UK in a Changing Europe

www.youtube.com

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UK in a Changing Europe @ukandeu.bsky.social · 2d

⏰ ONE HOUR TO GO ⏰

‼️ Don't miss our online panel assessing the state of right-wing politics in the UK

There's plenty to discuss 👇

ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the right - UK in a changing Europe

UK in a Changing Europe is bringing together a team of experts to understand the developments in right-wing politics. Join us online to hear their analysis of the state of the right.

ukandeu.ac.uk

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Sam Macrory @sammacrory.bsky.social · 4d

Badenoch’s pre-conference announcement was a promise to ditch the Conservative Party’s commitment to net zero

It’s a big move - with potentially bigger consequences

Read @jillongovt.bsky.social’s verdict for @instituteforgovernment.org.uk

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/bade...

Badenoch’s breaking of the climate consensus will have consequences | Institute for Government

The Conservatives have lost their energy policy anchor.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 4d

That's defo one for @anandmenon.bsky.social to ponder...

PianO @oxooch.bsky.social · 5d

UKICE? Is that becoming an unfortunate acronym? Isn't that what Kemi's proposing?

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PianO @oxooch.bsky.social · 5d

UKICE? Is that becoming an unfortunate acronym? Isn't that what Kemi's proposing?

Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 5d

Looks like a good time to be discussing the state of the Right. I'll be in Manchester, but you don't have to be -- sign up online for this @ukandeu.bsky.social event ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 6d

Industrial strategy, tariffs and global trade: Is the government's strategy working?

Heading to #CPC25? Join us on Monday 6 October with Lord Willetts, Helen Bower-Easton, Prof Nigel Brandon @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social, @jillongovt.bsky.social @gilesyb.bsky.social zurl.co/K0WeZ