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The divisions and concessions behind Conservative immigration policy
The Conservatives have long been split on immigration policy. The business lobby places significant pressure for concessions. Lately, they have been making their criticisms public.
- Conservative Party
- Immigration
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With Putin’s Invasion, the EU has a Golden Opportunity to Reinforce the Rule of Law to Member States
The rule of law is one of the fundamental values of the European Union, and a prerequisite for the protection of all the other values of the Union, including for fundamental rights and democracy. 2021 may have been its bumpiest year yet.
- Equality
- Human Rights
- Courts
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Industrial Policies or Industrial Strategy: The Difficulty of Enacting Long-Term Supply-Side Reform in the UK
The government's recent ditching of Theresa May's interventionist ‘Industrial Strategy’ and its replacement with the ‘Plan for Growth’ has dismayed many. But the move exemplifies the UK's ad hoc, short-termist and ideologically driven industrial strategy.
- Conservative Party
- Work & Trade Unions
- Trade
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Do the Conservatives believe in social mobility?
The Conservatives have reconceptualised what social mobility means to them. It's an audacious idea and, politically, it may be a smart one.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
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NATO is Revived, but Challenges Remain
Future-proofing NATO will mean demonstrating its relevance to a range of threats, challenges, and policy issue areas, across domains, and geographical directions.
- Progressive Politics
- Decolonisation
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Prison Labour is Rationalised as Rehabilitation. Here's the Truth
While prison labour has a long history, the immediate roots of this utilisation of prisoners as a contingent labour force can be traced back to the Coalition government formed in 2010.
- Work & Trade Unions
- Progressive Politics
- Human Rights
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Rape Conviction Rates are Abysmally Low. What Needs to be Done?
Why is the state failing to prosecute primarily male violence against women and girls? What needs to be done to fix our broken justice system? Some of the key issues regarding prosecutions for rape and similar offences.
- Constitution
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Courts
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The Missing Political Science of Pensions Provision
It is time for political science to take pensions policy more seriously, even if the public probably never will. If not, millions of people will be significantly worse off in later life.
- Political Parties
- Work & Trade Unions
- Progressive Politics
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Regulatory Opportunities Come with Potential Costs for Post Brexit UK Services
Whilst there are opportunities to tailor regulation to the UK economy, it is important to recognise the potential costs, that diverging from the EU on regulatory reform may give rise to.
- Brexit
- Trade
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‘Would I lie to you?’: Boris Johnson in the House of Commons
Does Johnson’s general propensity to lie, and his specific inclination to lie to Parliament, matter? The answer is: yes.
- Conservative Party
- Constitution
- Parliament
