Chris Gilson and Jane Tinkler bid goodbye to 2010 with a short round up of some of the main trends in the political blogging scene this year.
In April British Politics and Policy at LSE began a weekly round up of political blogs, tracking the main topics discussed on the UK’s political blogging scene. We’ve now gone back and looked […]
For about ten years now designers have been saying that their professional approach holds vital insights for public services. In the run-up to a lecture by David Willets to an LSE-Design Council event on innovating in public service design, Geoff Mulgan argues that recent research shows that it is not enough to be enthusiastic about this change. Designers do have […]
Omar El-Khairy reviews the latest title by Bernard Crick, concluding that tensions around active citizenship have never been hotter.
Thomas D. Seeley suggests we have much to learn from bees in his recent title, as reviewed by Philippine Rudolf.
We’d like to wish all our readers all the best for the festive season, and look forward to analysing and reporting on politics and public policy research in 2011!
Blogging activity will be reduced between now and the first week of January, but we should be posting every other day. In the meantime, keep checking back to the blog, and […]
Chris Gilson takes a look at the week in political blogging.
Saturday 18th December and Sunday 19th December
John Redwood talks EU treaty amendments and the Euro.
Peter Wrigley at Keynesian Liberal looks at devolution and referendums for locally elected Mayors in 12 areas.
According to Paul Goodman at ConservativeHome, 50 Tory MPs want a free vote on the tobacco display ban.
Wat […]
Reform of the housing benefit and an end to ‘tenancy for life’ is one of the cornerstones of the coalition government’s social policy. Avery Hancock uncovers how caps on the housing benefit may force thousands out of their homes at a time when existing homelessness services are already stretched to the limit.
As the UK endures arctic weather over the […]
Most people have had the experience at Christmas of receiving an unwanted gift. Joel Waldfogel argues that the lost value from unwanted or inappropriate gifts runs to the billions ever year, but offers some new, technological hopes of how we might be able to increase the value of our Christmas gifts.
It’s that gloomy time of year when it […]
The spectre of automation? Three strategies to ensure automation works for the common good 
Exploitable loopholes: how the self-employed non-resident status can be a route to child maintenance evasion 
Fraud unravels everything: Brexit is voidable and Article 50 can be revoked 
Don’t call me a customer, treat me like a human: rethinking relationships in public services 
EU citizens in the UK are in a particularly weak position and need an independent authority to monitor their rights 
