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Has devolution worked?

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This report from the UK think tank the Institute for Government takes a look at the first

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The future is ours

    By Carys Roberts; Rachel Statham; Henry Parkes; Lesley Rankin

This report from the UK think tank IPPR looks at women, automation and equality in the digital

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This report from the UK think tank Institute for Government examines the need to reform the UK

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This report from the UK think tank The Foreign Policy Centre looks at Turkmenistan, a country in an

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