by Tim Dickson | Mar 3, 2026 | Articles, Sixth Edition
Time to deliver It’s almost a quarter of a century since the Downing Street Delivery Unit was set up under New Labour, based on a proposal drafted before the 2001 election by Michael Barber, Jonathan Powell (Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff) and Jeremy Heywood (then...
by Philip Bray | Feb 24, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Japan, Korea, The Netherlands and Spain think about the long term in very different ways to us, says Philip Bray Folded into the seat on a plane back from Seoul, or under the Channel on a train home from The Hague, or blearily waiting for a delayed Piccadilly Line...
by Lucy Smith | Feb 18, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, International Perspectives, Policy Insights, Sixth Edition
Lucy Smith argues that democracies need not be short-sighted I have clear memories of the summer of 1991, which I spent with my French exchange Cécile and her large extended family in an enormous, falling-down house in the Brittany countryside. The family called this...