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A Glass Half Full?

We are used to media panics about alcohol and the social problems it causes. And indeed, very real problems remain for the UK’s relationship with...

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Pathways from Poverty

Will the Department for Work and Pensions ever be capable of delivering a pathway from poverty for ill and disabled people? That’s the dangerous question...

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The Evolution of Expertise

This project will investigate the causes and manifestations of declining trust in expertise in the digital age, and whether new models of trust could help...

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Open Dialogue

In a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty, mass unemployment, recession and an increasingly populist political discourse the open society is under threat. From growing discontent...

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Stop the Union-Bashing

This essay by Robert Halfon, Conservative MP for Harlow, examines the relationship between the Conservative party and trade unions – traditionally viewed as one of...

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Faithful Citizens

Religiosity has always been closely associated with conservatism: the Church of England is sometimes described as ‘the Conservative party at prayer’. In the United States,...

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For Starters

The principle of ‘early intervention’ – that it is more effective to intervene to prevent a social problem, than to react once a problem becomes...