Jon Davis

How important is harmony along Downing Street?
15 Dec 2025 Economics
How important is harmony along Downing Street?
There has often been a turbulent relationship between the Treasury and No.10. Should relations between a PM and chancellor be smooth?
Collective action: from Blair to Brexit, have shared cabinet deliberations ever been a reality?
14 Mar 2019 Fraud, Error Debt & Grants
Collective action: from Blair to Brexit, have shared cabinet deliberations ever been a reality?

It may seem like Brexit has turned collective responsibility into an irrelevance, but has the image of shared cabinet deliberations ever been a reality? Using the Blair administration as a starting point, Jon Davis examines this crucial – but fraught – part of our governing system