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How do you write policy advice that a minister will actually read?
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A long policy brief is easy to write and easy to leave unopened. What does a brief need to be read?
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Give the decision, not only the options. Three options with no recommendation is homework for the reader.
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One page. The recommendation first, the reasoning second, and the evidence in an annex nobody has to read. Policy writing often puts these in the opposite order.
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So most of a long brief is annex. That is a useful way to cut one.
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