Blog
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Planning for Decline: How England's Planning System Caused the Housing Crisis
Britain's planning system has led to decades of underbuilding and worse housing outcomes than in peer western European nations.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
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The Canary Down the Coalmine: Dagenham, London and Labour Politics
Why Dagenham offers a unique lens through which to assess the performance of the Labour government in the years ahead.
- Populism
- Labour Party
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How can we Improve Standards in the Private Rented Sector?
Thinking more expansively about the practical policy interventions available to address the problem of standard in the English Private Rented Sector.
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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Nigeria is Facing Multiple Crises With Severe Global Effects, From Mass Migration to Terrorism. Here’s Why We Should Worry
The country’s fragile security requires local, regional and global solutions.
- Immigration
- Human Rights
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The Role of Town Planning in Solving the Housing Crisis
Why highly speculative private sector house builders and the lack of public sector delivery have created the housing crisis.
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David Marquand’s Biography of Ramsay MacDonald
An overview of David Marquand’s pioneering biography of Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour prime minister.
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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Do we Need to Reform the UK’s Rules on Political Spending and Donations?
Why Britain’s political finance regime is dangerous and risky.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
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In Whose Interest is the Public Interest?
Why local consultation and decision making are invaluable in securing quality, sustainable housing.
- Labour Party
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Why the UK Government was Taken to Court Over Arms Sales to Israel
When peace and security mean arming genocide.
- Trade
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Review: Russia's World Order. How Civilizationism Explains the Conflict with the West, by Paul Robinson
Twenty years ago, President Putin was a modernising ‘Westerniser’ who saw Russia as essentially European. Nowadays he talks about Russia as a self-contained civilisational world.
- Political Parties
- Populism
