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Democracy and the network of elites

4 April 2017

George Osborne was met with consternation and disbelief from the public, and many of his fellow MPs, upon announcing that he would be adding ‘editor of the Evening Standard’ to his roster of second jobs. But his move is hardly...

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Positive participation

3 April 2017

Asset based approaches use the knowledge, skills and experience of individuals and communities to effect beneficial change by enabling them to regain control over their own future. Although asset based approaches cannot in themselves address the enormous power imbalance inherent in society,...

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Health localism: what the English public thinks

31 March 2017

Greater Manchester's experiment in NHS devolution turns one today, but do poeple in the rest of England want to follow? Andrew Harrop, Tobias Phibbs and Tara Paterson outline the findings of a national opinion poll for the Fabian Society NHS devolution...

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Article 50 isn't the end of the debate

29 March 2017

On triggering article 50 the prime minister’s biggest hurdle is an expectant nation. Evidence consistently shows that people expect Brexit to deliver more trade, less migration and cessation of any financial relationship with the EU. And with reason: this is...

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A German perspective on Brexit

28 March 2017

Despite all the problems and setbacks European integration has suffered in the past, the 'ever closer Union' always felt quite certain to me. However, even before British voters went to the ballot boxes in June last year, the calls for...

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