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The Centre on Constitutional Change is a leading hub for the comparative study of territorial politics and governance in the United Kingdom and beyond.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
24 August 2026

Beyond the Centre: A New Research Agenda for Constitutional Change

Andy Burnham’s arrival in Downing Street opens a new phase in the debate on devolution. The CCC proposes a research agenda exploring the changing distribution of power and its implications for democracy, inequality and public policy across the UK.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
17 August 2026

The Irish Unity Debate in the United States: The Limits of American Leverage

Mary C. Murphy explores to what extent US interest is consequential for Irish nationalism and whether international mobilisation on the constitutional question is worthwhile.

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Regional and Federal Studies
12 August 2026

Commentary: Beyond Capital-City Dominance - Two Models of Territorial State Reform in Britain and Japan

Naoki Fujiwara and Andrew Stevens compare emerging efforts in Britain and Japan to reduce the dominance of their capital cities, focusing on Andy Burnham’s proposed “Number 10 North” in Manchester and Japan’s plans for a “second capital” centred on Osaka.

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Centre on Constitutional Change
07 July 2026

Constitutional visions from the grassroots

Across these British-Irish islands, constitutional change is on the agenda. Jennifer Todd, Joanne McEvoy & Shelley Deane explore how grassroots deliberation allows ordinary people to create some shared visions of the future and shared priorities for politics.

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12 March 2024, 3:30pm

The Assault on the State: How the Global Attack on Modern Government Endangers our Future

What if the state as we know it didn’t exist? Our air would be poisonous, our votes uncounted, and our markets dysfunctional. Yet across the world, attacks on the modern…

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10 March 2024, 4:10pm

2024 UK General Election Series - The election campaign: candidate selection, messaging and political branding

This session examines how political parties approached candidate selection, crafted their messaging, and built their political brands during the 2024 general election campaign

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