The Undercover Policing Inquiry: institutional failings and the urgent need...
The reputation of the British police service is hanging in the balance and the on-going Undercover Policing Inquiry and the recent conclusion of the Hillsborough inquests has added more fuel to the...
View ArticleCumulative risks and final straws: what leads to children and young people...
A new study has identified numerous, complex factors and a pattern of cumulative risk and final straw stresses that may contribute to suicide risk in children and young people. Cathryn Rodway outlines...
View ArticleThe Chilcot Report – an end to smoke and mirrors?
The long-awaited Chilcot Report, due to be published on 6 July, may offer more information on when the UK decided on going to war, as well as why it decided to do so. Piers Robinson, who has researched...
View ArticleRacial disadvantage: are some Government policies contributing?
When Sadiq Khan was sworn in as the new London mayor last month, the Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, said that the first Muslim mayor of any capital city in the EU could “pave the way for a...
View ArticleCity States – the Break-up of Britain or a New England?
Devo Manc and the Northern Powerhouse – are they a chance to change Greater Manchester for the better or are they just rhetoric? Michael Taylor looks at where the city is today, and says it’s time to...
View ArticleWhy we need to know what ‘extremism’ is, or isn’t, before we legislate...
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a new ‘Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill’ as part of his ‘legacy programme’ of legislation. But, says Hilary Pilkington, if it can’t distinguish between...
View ArticleMajor Emergencies: why we need to manage Good Samaritans
Global disasters and are on the rise, and with 24-hour news and social media, so are the numbers who hear about them and want to help. From recent events in Paris, to last year’s severe flooding in...
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Definitely, Maybe? 5 Million ‘Don’t Knows’ and the EU Referendum
The heat is on, as both sides urge voters to choose ‘leave’ or ‘remain’ in the run-up to the UK’s historic EU Referendum on June 23rd. New polls are coming in thick and fast, but while the outcome is...
View ArticleThe North West: what has the EU ever done for us?
Most of the hype and headlines on the UK’s membership of the EU centres around national impact, generated largely by those based in our traditional power centre of London and the South East. But the EU...
View ArticleBrexit: not fancy or elite economic theory, but an uncertain reality
The great majority of economists were opposed to Brexit – about 90% according to a survey of members of their professional societies. Over 200, including 12 Nobel prize winners, signed a statement...
View ArticleSchool attendance law in the High Court: term-time holidays despite the legal...
Parents of school-age children know all too well that family holiday prices have a tendency to sky rocket during school holiday periods. Most also know, or thought they did, that they could be fined if...
View ArticleWhy should rich nations help the poor? Because, morally, it is the right...
800 million people went to bed hungry last night and 19,000 children will die today of easily preventable causes. Foreign aid alone isn’t the answer says David Hulme and the fixation with it means we...
View ArticlePost-Brexit ideas to tackle the disillusioned Leave voters’ concerns
While immigration has been cited as a key issue for those who voted Leave, economists say the evidence suggests its effects on jobs and wages of UK-born citizens are small. Diane Coyle offers some...
View ArticleRacial inequality in mental health services: we can’t fix the problem if we...
An extra £1 billion a year by 2020-21 and a pledge from NHS England to help a million more people facing mental health problems was announced earlier this year. Recommendations included the...
View ArticleThe UK after the Referendum: all that is solid melts into air…..
The UK’s political, social and economic landscape has changed beyond recognition since June 23rd. But did the Leave result mean this was inevitable? Colin Talbot argues that we appear to have...
View ArticleChilcot: Impeachment unlikely but other legal action may follow
After 7 years, the Chilcot Inquiry to identify lessons to be learned from the Iraq conflict has reported. Martin Browne gives his reaction and expert legal analysis. Wilful deceit? The decision to go...
View ArticleBrexit – will the EU be greener without its ‘Dirty Man of Europe’?
The UK has a reputation for blocking or watering down many EU environmental regulations but after Brexit will future EU environmental laws become greener? David Polya outlines some of the possible...
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Land under pressure: How to keep people fed without trashing the planet
Our land is under pressure like never before and post-Brexit, the UK is at a crossroads in land use and environmental policy. Balancing the trade-offs between land use for biodiversity, food...
View ArticleWhy Brexit shouldn’t mask Everyday Austerity
Only time will tell how dramatically Brexit will impact Britain and whether it’ll plunge the country into a protracted economic slump. But Sarah Marie Hall says we shouldn’t ignore those already living...
View ArticleIs the new PM planning to unite the UK through social justice?
Will Brexit Britain adopt a new social justice agenda? Dr Kathryn Simpson thinks that is the new Prime Minister’s plan – and here she explains how inequality and economic insecurity played a role in...
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