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Direct democracy?

We wake today into a new political dawn. UKIP has won their first Parliamentary seat, and very nearly got another. Commentators from all sides of...

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Statelessness isn’t a solution

With increasing frequency, the withdrawal of British citizenship is being used as a national security tool. Since 2002, 53 people have been stripped of their...

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Going it Alone

It is no secret that the self-employed population of the UK has been growing steadily for more than a decade. There are now 4.6 million...

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Rethinking Incapacity

The ‘Rethinking Incapacity’ project aims to help policymakers create a better system of incapacity assessment – not just tinkering around the edges of the current...

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Vox Digitas

Over the last decade European citizens have gained a digital voice. Close to 350 million people in Europe currently use social networking sites, with more...

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The performance of terrorism

It is an image we won’t forget: of what appears to be the US journalist James Foley being decapitated by an Islamic State militant. Alas...

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On Speaking Terms

The English language is vitally important to the capabilities and integration of migrants who wish to build a successful future in the UK. However, in...

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Scotland decides. What about Twitter?

At 8pm tonight head of the Better Together Campaign Alistair Darling faces SNP leader Alex Salmond in a televised debate about Scotland’s future. It’s the...

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Common wealth

The Commonwealth Games began in Scotland this week with great fanfare, shortly after the football World Cup came to an end in Brazil. Beyond the...

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Gaps within gaps

Today sees the release of a report by the Commons Education Select Committee that shows poor white British students – both boys and, more unexpectedly, girls –...