The EU and the UK… ten years on

Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, Katharine Quigg explores where EU relations sit in party policies now and what our future could look like concerning the EU.

Influencing the unpredictable: the role backbench MPs play in delivering policy

The industry of influencing politics is a funny old game. It takes the most bizarre, archaic and eccentric elements of elected life, elevates the natural absurdity of the Westminster village and adds a necessary seasoning of commercial value. For those navigating SW1, our brand of advocacy is a surprisingly modern invention compared to our transatlantic […]

Trains, brains and policy gains: reflections on this year’s UKREiiF

The College Green Group team made tracks back to Leeds for this year’s UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF). Armed to the teeth with branded lanyards and some fiercely in-character CGG umbrellas, we were fully prepared to experience the famously unpredictable weather in “God’s Own Country” while reuniting with some brilliant colleagues across […]

Governing through crisis: what the King’s Speech means for you

Reports suggest the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, may launch a leadership campaign within the next 24 hours. If so, others will follow. But with the Royal Standard raised high above the Palace of Westminster, MPs sharing niceties as they trundle from the Commons to the Lords and the door being firmly shut in Black Rod’s […]