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Unity and Division in the Public’s Policy Preferences After the 2024 General Election
Switchers are not simply disillusioned Labour supporters, so Labour’s attempts to appeal to them may be unsuccessful.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
- Labour Party
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Before the Boil: Addressing the UK's Living Standards Crisis
Rather than being the desired outcome of an economic strategy, raising living standards directly is the crucial missing input.
- Equality
- Labour Party
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What do we Know About Labour’s AI Policy, and will it Work?
There is reason to be sceptical of Labour’s techno-solutionist approach.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party
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Reform UK’s Electoral Threat to the Conservative Party
The conditions are in place for a Conservative collapse, but it is not guaranteed.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- 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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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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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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Where now for Britain’s Universities?
UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.
- Health, Education & Welfare
