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Review of Reviews: The Buckle report

Labour’s policy review considered how to tackle some of our biggest political challenges. We asked a panel of experts whether its external commissions make the grade…
What it says:
Working poverty is a national challenge. Over 250,000 people do not receive the minimum wage and its value has fallen...

Devolution can mend our broken politics

In an era of widespread disillusionment with politicians and the political process, where the simple answers of populists or the do-nothing respite of apathy have an easy attraction for many people, the Scottish referendum proved that elections can still inspire...

Britain should be Europe's critical friend

The EU has been good for us.

For the UK, being part of the EU means that we are part of the world's largest single market creating 20 per cent of the world's GDP; an economic zone larger than that of...

Transition by consent

The long-term low carbon transition can only occur with the consent of the public. Rather than a renewed focus on top-down solutions, communities need to be given a greater role in infrastructure design and development.
By Cameron Tait
January 2015

Are the cracks in UKIP's shell beginning to show?

UKIP has emerged as a quite a force in British politics, winning two parliamentary by-elections in 2014 and on course to achieve a historic share of the vote at the next general election.

However, while there is no real way of...

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