The towns and cities of the north and the Midlands were key to Britain's global success

Dan Honig explores why agency and respect are crucial to understanding the political moment we find ourselves in, ahead of Britian Renewed 2026, a major one-day conference exploring a more place-based approach to public service reform.

From Crisis to Resilience: Radical Transformations for Food Security, Health and Social Justice shows that local responses to the COVID-19 pandemic were effective in supporting resilience and tackling food insecurity.

What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don't work?

What will Labour do when its asylum reforms don't work?

James Baggaley and Grace Wyld (Head of Policy and Research at The Future Governance Forum) explore the drive behind our upcoming conference, Britain Renewed 2025: Public Service for People and Place, ...

New research shows Britain is proud of its institutions' ability to foster disagreement

To connect to voters, politics needs to be rooted in place and community

To connect to voters, politics needs to be rooted in place and community

To connect to voters, politics needs to be rooted in place and community

We reflect on lessons from the UCL Policy Lab programme and conversations at Labour Party Conference 2025.

In the face of racist attacks, the food influencer represents a form of patriotism that is modest and decent.

In the face of racist attacks, the food influencer represents a form of patriotism that is modest and decent.

In the face of racist attacks, the food influencer represents a form of patriotism that is modest and decent.

In the face of racist attacks, the food influencer represents a form of patriotism that is modest and decent.

How the delusions of Brexit and Maga have alienated the ideological movement from ordinary people

A new joint research project, This Place Matters, is designed to provide local and national governments with a blueprint for good cohesion policy and to amplify the work of civic actors on the ground ...

Podcast Episode · Political Fix · 28/03/2025 · 38m

There is no appetite among British voters for Trump-style disruption and populism.

With Luke Littler as their champion, a new generation of fans have taken the sport into their hearts.

James Baggaley provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab, and the role connection plays in building a better world.

James Baggaley provides reflections from a year of activity at the UCL Policy Lab, and the role connection plays in building a better world.

Jake Cohen, lead for The Ecosystem Project, reflects on a week of action and why we’re helping lead an ambitious project to develop new tools for building social change and understanding.

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

As we enter the first conference season following the general election, James Baggaley speaks to Gus Alston, CEO of One Stonegrove, about creating a sense of place and community in a time of social un...

The Chancellor set out wide-ranging reforms in her Mansion House speech. But can her measures deliver on the economic and political aims of this Labour government? The latest analysis from the UCL Pol...

The Chancellor set out wide-ranging reforms in her Mansion House speech. But can her measures deliver on the economic and political aims of this Labour government? The latest analysis from the UCL Pol...

How can local and national government play a more proactive role in shaping proposals for new towns? Toby Lloyd compares Britain’s failure to build houses with approaches taken in European countries w...

As we enter the first conference season following the general election, James Baggaley speaks to Gus Alston, CEO of One Stonegrove, about creating a sense of place and community in a time of social un...

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