Public policy
Opinion
'Slowly but with a long tail' - an uneasy return to normality
The general emergence from lockdown is in full flow.
Opinion
'Our Shared Future': Ireland's New Programme for Government
Jonathan Evershed, University College Cork, reflects on all that's happened since the Irish General Election and analyses Our Shared Future, Ireland's new Pr
Opinion
Reasonableness the Welsh Way
Guest blog from Professor Emyr Lewis and Professor Ryszard Piotrowicz, Aberystwyth University, interpreting the lockdown provisions in the Public Health (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regul
Opinion
Why isn't government policy more preventative?
,Paul Cairney and Emily St Denny, University of Stirling, evaluate the challenges and likely outcomes of preventative policy making in their blog for Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN
Opinion
Infrastructure spending: reversing or encouraging regional inequality?
The gap between rich and poor areas in the UK is larger than any other Western European country.
Publication
Townscapes: Scotland
The declining economic fortunes of many towns, and the chasm that divides the experiences and outlooks of many of their inhabitants from the metropolitan centres where wealth and power have become
Opinion
Devolution in the UK: governing each NHS with one hand clapping?
Gwyn Bevan of the LSE reflects on devolution and the NHS in his contribution to the devolution at twenty series.
Opinion
Devolving welfare: Creating a velvet glove or dismantling the iron fist?
In her contribution to our series on devolution at twenty, Dr Hayley Bennett highlights the importance of examining both policy ideas and implementation approaches for devolved social sec
Publication