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Policy responses for the breakdown in climate consensus

Paul Tobin headshotProf Matthew Paterson By and Filed Under: Energy and Environment Posted:

From 2021 onwards, there has been a ‘climate consensus breakdown’ – and a backlash against net zero. This backlash has changed the nature of Conservative-Labour competition around climate change, from one focused around policy performance, to one questioning how ambitious and rapid UK climate policy should be. The two biggest parties also faced electoral competition […]

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Increased diversity in Parliament: the case for centralising candidate nominations

Maria Sobolewska By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

The general election earlier this month saw another record breaking increase in the ethnic diversity of Members of Parliament. Here, Maria Sobolewska looks at what lead to this increased diversity and lays out a path for further progress. The main difference between the 2015 and 2017 elections was how the candidates were selected The Representative […]

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What do the general election manifestos mean for higher education?

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

As people up and down the country prepare to return to the polls for Thursday’s general election, Dr Sylvie Lomer reviews the manifestos and what they mean for higher education policy. The Conservatives want to create institutes of technology and review funding and access to tertiary education Labour would abolish tuition fees, reintroduce maintenance grants […]

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Do we need to ban zero-hours contracts?

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

The existence and regulation of zero-hours contracts has become a much debated policy area over recent years as the number of people on such contracts has dramatically increased. Here, Dr Douglas Bamford considers the policies put forwards in some of the general election manifestos to tackle zero-hours contracts and argues for a more nuanced, balanced […]

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Communicating with the electorate: Are politicians in or out of touch?

Kingsley Purdam By and Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

As the 2017 General Election candidates – many of whom are standing for this first time – intensify their campaigns for election, Rosalynd Southern and Kingsley Purdam explain the importance of effective communication with the electorate for building political support.  Communication skills and an ability to connect with the electorate are key attributes for politicians […]

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A National Education Service could restore the opportunity of education

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Growth and Inclusion Posted:

Liam Shields, Lecturer in Political Theory at The University of Manchester examines the Labour Party’s manifesto promise to establish a life-long National Education Service which could enhance equality of opportunity throughout the UK. This policy has many parallels with the NHS and the emphasis on opportunities for educational enrichment beyond “school-age” is striking. By including […]

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Failed political predictions and the future of opinion polls

By Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted:

The 2015 UK General Election, the EU Referendum and, most recently, the US Presidential Election all produced results which most major pollsters and media outlets failed to predict. Amongst growing distrust of opinion polls across the Western World, Thomas Loughran considers the use of political opinion polls and where to go from here. The decline […]

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Unpicking the polls

By Filed Under: All posts, Polling Observatory Posted:

Mike Addelman, in collaboration with the BES  team, blogs about work to uncover just why the opinion polls before the 2015 General Election were so wrong. One of the world’s longest-running investigations into political attitudes and voting behaviour, the British Election Study (BES), has been amassing huge quantities of data on every General Election since […]

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A Tale of Two Speeches?

By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Westminster Watch Posted:

What does the Conservative election victory mean for the North of England and higher education? Professor Andy Westwood interprets the signals. Just in case you didn’t know, the Northern Powerhouse is ‘GO’ and was confirmed in today’s Queens Speech. George Osborne reaffirmed his commitment to the idea almost immediately after he and the Conservatives won […]

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One night in May [Part 2] – The strange resurrection of the British political tradition?

Dave RichardsMartin Smith By and Filed Under: Featured, Westminster Watch Posted:

Professor Dave Richards and Professor Martin Smith analyse what the general election result means for the British political system. The 2015 general election was supposed to produce one type of policy earthquake, but may have produced another. The assumption by nearly everyone until 10.01 pm on May 7 was that we would see the further […]

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