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Get them wrong or do them too often and a government's progress can become jolty and piecemeal, and the backbench battalion of the disgruntled grows larger.

The absence of this has led to what Niesr called "piecemeal policy tinkering" that had given rise to "prolonged economic uncertainty".

Their judgement said that it was "regrettable that MI5's explanations to this court were given in a piecemeal and unsatisfactory way - and only following the repeated intervention of the court".

Research fellow Dave Hawkey said: "The parliament's recognition of a climate emergency in 2019 was not matched by a step change in policy. Instead, timid piecemeal initiatives crowded out more ambitious ideas."

The pair said they welcomed the prime minister's "personal commitment to halving violence against women and girls within a decade" but said "funding cuts and scaled back ambition are leading to piecemeal policies".