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One Year On

The Paralympics, in addition to being a celebration of disabled sporting prowess, was supposed to be the biggest showcase for disabled arts and culture ever...

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Making Democracy Work

This is the first paper in a new series from Polly Mackenzie attempting to make the case for change in how we do politics, and...

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The Humble Policy Maker

This paper from Polly Mackenzie, the third in the Making Democracy Work series, looks at what’s wrong with politics and policy making: why the basic...

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Building Verto

The gap in voter turnout between young and older voters in the UK is the largest among all OECD countries. This has to change, and...

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Up to the Job

In the wake of the global recession, unprecedented cooperation between employers and employees helped British workplaces adjust relatively well. This led to fewer of the...

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Behind the numbers

Stories of online abuse abound in the media. Often the focus is on the abuse of women and it is widely assumed that they bear...

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Irrational Optimists

Since the economic downturn, the vast majority of Britons have been facing a cost of living crisis. This report looks at how the UK’s middle...

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Measuring social value

Ensuring value for money in public service delivery is now a more pressing policy concern than ever before. Measures of social value, which take into...

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Open economics

A review of the settlement between economics and politics is long overdue. Following the financial crisis, economists are no longer treated with reverence: economics is...

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#Intelligence

The growth of social media poses a dilemma for security and law enforcement agencies. On the one hand, social media could provide a new form...