In today’s episode David talks to Alan Renwick from UCL’s Constitution Unit about the pros and cons of referendums. When does a democratic question need to be put direct to the people? Do some…

Under the Pride in Place programme, 169 communities will get £20m over a decade to spend on boosting their local area.

The Council of the Nations and Regions represents an opportunity to foster better relations between the key players in the territorial government of the UK – the UK’s central government, its devolved ...

Deprived communities to be given tens of millions to patch up derelict shops, pubs and libraries and ‘restore pride’ Deprived areas of the UK will be given tens of millions of pounds each from a new fund that Keir Starmer hopes will help Labour tackle the threat posed by Reform UK. The prime minister will launch the regeneration initiative on Thursday, gambling that an updated version of “levelling up” will address anger about Britain’s broken communities. Continue reading...

Black and Asian people have increasingly equal opportunities to reach the top, but a viscerally and unacceptably unequal experience of public space

The English devolution bill marks a major shift in how England is governed, creating a clearer, more consistent framework for mayoral authorities and expanding local powers—though concerns over accoun...

As Parliament returns from its summer recess, the Resolution Foundation and UK in a Changing Europe have partnered to produce the Policy Landscape 2025 report - a series of evidence-led, research-based assessments of the main policy challenges facing the UK, and how politicians could respond.

By Hetan Shah I was involved in some of the calls for improved measurement of wellbeing in the early 2000s. Two decades on, sometimes the debate feels like it has not moved on sufficiently from those ...

A reminder that you can read Lawrence’s post on the Tump-Putin summit here, his next post will look at the outcome.

New legislation will give mayors powers to appoint 'commissioners' to lead on delivery of their skills and employment policies.