Philip Rycroft was head of the Brexit department 2017-2019. He is also former director general for education in the Scottish government and a former head of the Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department in the Scottish executive
Why we need a secretary of state for England
This is what Sunak’s deal achieves—and doesn’t
Former Brexit chief: the Protocol bill is a nakedly partisan intervention in Northern Irish politics
Unionists must rethink if they want to break the Scottish stalemate
Whitehall has ignored devolution. It does so at its own peril
Why the vaccine export row is a straw in the Brexit wind
A deal is within reach. Crashing out would be an overwhelming failure of statecraft
The civil service survived Dominic Cummings. Now comes the hard bit
Is Scottish independence inevitable?
Scottish independence: what would it mean for the rest of the UK?
