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Rail investment will see the North rise again
Imagine for a moment a globally significant conglomeration of intellect, investment and innovation, with seamless connectivity ensuring social...
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Reputation in the age of automation: Unpacking the West Midlands policing crisis
This week, West Midlands Police found itself at the centre of a very modern crisis — one that didn’t begin with a policy failure or human misjudgement...
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Over a third of councils seek to cancel May elections
The government is accused of running a “banana republic” and breaching human rights as police are called to tackle protestors who have taken to the...
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Australia’s social media ban: A global game-changer or a lone ranger?
Last month, Australia became the first country to ban social media for under-16s - a bold move in a world where TikTok and Instagram dominate teenage...
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Peter Mandelson: Why can saying sorry sometimes seem too simple?
On Sunday morning, Peter Mandelson refused to apologise for maintaining his friendship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein in an interview...
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X marks the spot as Starmer seeks to balance online safety with trans-Atlantic diplomacy
2026 has started in similar fashion to 2025 for the government: embroiled in another controversy with the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. While last...
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Global problems, partial perspectives
The communications and research industry often describes itself as global in outlook. Yet much of the insight that informs strategy, policy and...
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For whom the bellwether tolls
For decades, investors have looked to a handful of so-called bellwether stocks for early signals about the health of the economy, with the performance...
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