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Local economic growth – three years on, what works and what’s next?

By Professor Henry Overman Filed Under: All posts, Energy and Environment, Inclusive Growth Posted: November 21, 2016

We know that a solid evidence base should be essential for policymaking across all areas. The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth examines which polices are most effective at increasing local economic growth and supports  policymakers  to produce more high quality evidence to better guide future decision making and policy effectiveness.  Professor Henry Overman, […]

Tagged With: economic growth, evidence, local economy, policy

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Don’t panic! Hancock’s Half Hour and the anti-advocacy clause

By Andy Westwood Filed Under: All posts Posted: March 10, 2016

An amendment to charities’ freedom in how they use Government grants  has set many hares running in higher education. But, asks Andy Westwood, what does it mean and do we need to panic? Hancock’s half hour Matthew Hancock, the Cabinet Office minister has introduced a new ‘anti advocacy’ clause to be inserted into all new […]

Tagged With: evidence, impact, lobbying, public affairs

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Taking the Rap

Eithne Quinn By Eithne Quinn Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: July 4, 2014

The use of rap lyrics to suggest guilt or bad character is prejudicing criminal trials, warns Dr Eithne Quinn. In April 2014, Nicky Jacobs was found not guilty of the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, London. A key piece of evidence in the trial almost 30 years […]

Tagged With: Broadwater Farm, evidence, expert witness, Keith Blakelock, legal aid, music lyrics, National District Attorneys Association, Nicky Jacobs, rap, rap music

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Will new enforcement tool help the Serious Fraud Office secure its reputation and ‘justice’?

Black and white headshot of Prof Nick Lord By Nicholas Lord Filed Under: All posts Posted: February 25, 2014

It’s been a difficult few years for the UK’s beleaguered Serious Fraud Office (SFO), writes Dr Nicholas Lord. As the authority responsible for the investigation and prosecution of corporate corruption in international business, it’s been blighted by a lack of prosecutions, collapsed cases, failed investigations and data loss. But while the introduction of Deferred Prosecution […]

Tagged With: DPAs, evidence, fraud, prosecution, serious fraud office, SFO

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