Claire Annesley, Francesca Gains, and Anna Sanders offer an overview of manifesto pledges concerning women. They conclude that, while most parties are taking the diversity of women and their interests seriously, it is difficult to judge the value of their offer.
Half of the electorate are women. Research has consistently shown that women are more likely to be floating voters […]
The three main party manifestos contain pledges for ‘free childcare’, yet what is missing is a policy of ensuring that families receive equal access to the same high standard of regulated childcare, argue Antonia Simon and Helen Penn.
The government has said it plans to spend £3.6 billion next year supporting ‘free’ childcare and education for three and four year […]
The launch of the three main party manifestos reveals scant understanding of social care issues, poorly developed proposals, a limited focus that is almost exclusively about older people, and reliance on building consensus for a long-term solution, writes Melanie Henwood. She discusses whether any of the proposals have anything substantive to offer.
At the last General Election in 2017, […]
At a time when businesses’ role within local communities, and society more broadly, is being reimagined to provide greater social value and impact, Siobhan Morris argues that it is time for employers to consider reporting on race.
Tackling structural inequalities in the UK is fundamental to social cohesion and to enabling economic growth to benefit all. And the case […]
In recent months, proposed reforms to Relationships and Sex Education in England have been a source of intense controversy. In particular, there has been strong opposition to the inclusion of LGBT+ identities within any new curriculum. Ben Kasstan and Peter Dunne consider how this complex debate may develop under Johnson’s government.
The debate over LGBT+ affirmative relationships and sex education […]
While the Supreme Court has signalled its determination to defend established constitutional principles in the prorogation case, a problem underlying recent crises is the idea of national sovereignty, argues Marinos Diamantides. This idea is at odds with the reality of governing nation-states.
Secular liberal constitutionalism rests on postulates replete with inevitable contradictions and paradoxes. Thus, in the UK the rule […]
The Supreme Court decision is a telling illustration of why all populist authoritarians need to dismantle the independent judiciary, writes Conor Gearty. He discusses the importance of the case.
Without question, the Supreme Court decision on prorogation is the finest moment in the annals of the UK’s judicial history. Building on the work of their Scottish colleagues, the Court has […]
Why did the Conservatives’ large lead in vote shares produce only an 80-seat majority?
Which women knew about state pension age changes? Inequalities in awareness and their implications
Exploitable loopholes: how the self-employed non-resident status can be a route to child maintenance evasion
Young people and the post-crisis precarity: the abnormality of the ‘new normal’
Punctuation and rhetoric: the difference between the “the people’s parliament” and “the peoples’ parliament”
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The ABCD of social mobility: four game-changing policies
The ABCD of social mobility: four game-changing policies
How can social mobility be improved? Lee Elliot Major and Stephen Machin write that merely tweaking existing policies will not transform society. They outline four major changes that have the potential to actually do so.
Talking social mobility is easy; addressing it is hard. In our book, Social Mobility and Its Enemies, we argued that the prospects for social mobility […]