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Public First is today publishing the second of two pieces commissioned by the University of York around the impact of international students – this time [...]

In 2015 the IMF and World Bank announced its ‘billions to trillions agenda’ a developmental framework which recognised that market forces alone would fail to build crucial infrastructure in Developing...

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Exclusive: Sir Adrian Montague told select committee paying bonuses out of emergency £3bn loan was insisted upon by creditors

The answer to these bruising election results is to govern as the party of social democracy.

The UK’s carbon for difference scheme and the future of derisking energy

With derisking regimes falling short of meeting governments' pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions, what lessons can we learn from governance through indicative planning? Historically strong coor...

More cash would certainly make the government's life easier, but it has proved consistently elusive.

Labour MPs uneasy as chancellor prepares even deeper reductions that economists say will harm key services

Goal of increasing renewable energy generation 20-fold to be ditched, shareholders to be told this week

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

Michael Levien challenges left arguments for CCS by pointing to its ecological and human costs. Why would the left support the fossil fuel industry?