A free trade agreement with the US has consistently been presented as the main prize from the UK's much touted post-Brexit trade policy independence. The UK Pri...
Even as Covid-19 is absorbed into ‘the new normal’, the government’s response continues to be framed by an emergency paradigm. This is underpinned largely by th...
Long before Boris Johnson gave his robust view of business opposition to Brexit, the Conservative Party had an ambivalent relationship to business interests. Mr...
Since 2014, a new political institution has been added to the compound landscape of subnational governance in England: directly elected Combined Authority (CA) ...
The capacity to appeal to both the principles of freedom and belonging whilst shifting the balance between them is key to the long-term political success of the...
The Labour Party has recently been advised to showcase its patriotism and let the electorate know it is proud to be British. This is never bad advice for a main...
It was fun while it lasted, neighbours meeting at a safe distance whilst clapping for carers. This was during Britain's first Covid-19 lockdown in March 20...
Local government has been the success story of the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In challenging circumstances, they have shown how place-specific kno...
‘The premise of this book’, writes the author, ‘is that humans are self-interested and that this manifests itself politically’. In other words, because human b...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is among many bodies to move away from a conventional understanding of sex in the face of lobbying. Sex is a fundament...
At a time when the gulf between the 0.1 per cent and the 99.9 per cent is wider than ever, it is ironic that the primary political divide is now along the line...
The question of sovereignty has not been resolved in Scotland. On the one hand, there is the Westminster doctrine, that the Crown-in-Parliament is sovereign an...
