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President Biden arrives in office with a full foreign policy in-tray, albeit one that will have to compete for attention…

The Taiwan Straits maybe the most volatile point in the Asia-Pacific. Even if this thin strip of water, separating Taiwan…

The House of Lords is an extraordinary place, full of gold leaf, ushers in full white tie dress and an…

At the start of October my organisation transformed from the New Local Government Network to simply New Local. We swapped…

'Levelling up' has become one of the big agenda items for this government but how can it be helped by…

The business case for attracting, developing and retaining diversity has been made repeatedly. But diversity is not just about the…

What is public debt? Like a company, the government can borrow in order to fund part of its spending. Over…

The coronavirus crisis means we are facing huge changes and disruption in the labour market but what are these likely…

There are lots of good reasons to want to work in academia: research freedom, the opportunity to teach, and a…