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Heat and hesitation
Things are heating up – literally and figuratively. The UK recorded its hottest May days on record this month, with temperatures hitting 33.5°C over...
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Policy over personality is the message as Blair drags Labour’s leadership contest back to first principles
There is a particular kind of intervention that only a former Prime Minister can make. Not the backbench grumble, or the anonymous briefing to one of...
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Your LinkedIn content is shaping what Google says about you
Our blog post last week, Fewer clicks, more answers: The new Google search , focused on Google search’s shift away from a link-first model to a...
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The Antipodean Observer: The shifting dynamics of business engagement
Globally, the conservative right is no longer a fringe protest movement and today this rings true in both the UK and Australia. The shift away from...
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Would Andy Burnham’s people and place-first politics survive a return to Westminster?
As the Mayor of Greater Manchester quite literally runs down the campaign trail in the Makerfield by-election, amid speculation about his national...
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What would planning policy look like with Andy Burnham as Prime Minister?
Andy Burnham’s campaign to win the Makerfield by-election leaves a sizeable hole in some of the certainties that have helped deliver a property boom...
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No standing still on energy policy as the clean power debate heats up
As the UK swelters beneath the hottest May temperatures on record, it can be easy to assume that energy policy is a simple thing after all. Bask...
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Planning reform may be starting to work, but delivery remains the real test
For the first time in several years, there are tentative signs that attitudes towards the planning system are becoming less negative. That is one of...
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