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The Politics of Parole Reveal a Creeping Authoritarian Conservatism
What do the politics of parole reveal about a creeping authoritarian conservatism premised upon nostalgia, nationalism and the projection of a strong, centralised state?
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- Equality
- Populism
- Courts
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UK Energy and Net Zero Transitions
Why have government-business relations and government capacity to act meant that the UK is not on track to achieve Net Zero by 2050?
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- Trade
- Environment & Climate Change
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Policy Makers Must Pay Attention to Employers’ Perspectives
Employers’ views on new expectations under Universal Credit have been puzzlingly absent from both research and policy debates.
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- Work & Trade Unions
- Health, Education & Welfare
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An open letter to Conservative MPs
The Conservatives' continued support for Boris Johnson despite his Fixed Penalty Notice from the Metropolitan Police comes at a cost to democracy itself.
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- Parliament
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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.
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- Immigration
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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.
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- 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.
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- Equality
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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.
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- Constitution
- Parliament
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Liberty After Neoliberalism
The Covid pandemic has raised hard questions about liberty and the role of the state – and many Conservatives have been discomfited by the answers that their own government has given.
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- Constitution