How Taiwan bucked a global trend – and restored voters’ trust in politics | Polly Curtis

After protesters occupied parliament demanding transparency, the government did something extraordinary: it hired them

How do you build back trust in government and politicians? Globally, the trust crisis is blamed for the rise of populism. In the UK, the new government has come into power with a blizzard of policy announcements and a focus on what Keir Starmer, the prime minister, calls the fight for trust" - one that defines our political era".

Some insist that the key is delivery - following through on policies that improve people's lives. Others counter with the example of the US, where Joe Biden's solid delivery record failed to shift his political fortunes. Some believe revamping the rules on standards and ethics is the answer.

Polly Curtis is the chief executive of the cross-party thinktank Demos, a former Guardian journalist and author of Behind Closed Doors