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Editors: Judith Clifton, Mia Gray, Michael Kitson & Pete Tyler

Editors: Judith Clifton, Mia Gray, Michael Kitson & Pete Tyler

‘It was all about selling things off. Sell, sell, sell’

In today’s newsletter: Communities from Scotland to India are pushing back against datacentres, warning they threaten energy supplies and the climate

Challenging how social scientists, policymakers, legal scholars, and the public examine household debts and wellbeing, Viral Debt traces how debt moves within

The RSA is pleased to announce the publication of the 14th Policy Impact book: Cash in hand: basic income as regional policy, by Marc Doussard, Jurgen De Wispelaere and Joe Chrisp. For decades, policy...

Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money laundering

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A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

The number of known promoters and suppliers of tax avoidance schemes in the UK has increased by 34% in the last year from 137 businesses to 183* (as of June

A journal of the Cambridge Political Economy Society. The journal publishes multi-disciplinary research on the spatial dimensions of contemporary socio-economic-political change, and examines the effe...

Local infrastrucutre is a lens through which citizens materially experience the actions of the state. Drawing on the concept of 'infrastructural citizenship', this paper explores how shared spaces ca...

The dangers of AI become clearer every day. Why are we still acting as if we have no choice about our future?

The provision of essential public services — water, energy, health, housing, education, transport, social care and infrastructure — is a crucial determinan

Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state

Alan Milburn has outlined a generation cut adrift by austerity. We must grasp the nettle and rebuild a preventive state

The provision of essential public services — water, energy, health, housing, education, transport, social care and infrastructure — is a crucial determinan

The Prime Minister will today launch the biggest transfer of power from Westminster in a generation, giving communities greater control over the decisions that shape jobs, transport, housing and publi...

With a new prime minister committed both to devolution to regions and to developing a national plan for adult social care and the launch of a public debate on this topic, it seems to be an opportun…

A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

In the fifth of a series on nationalisation, we look at utilities – including the cost of ending private ownership

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Almost £24.4bn of government money went to private equity-run firms in year to April 2025, Guardian analysis shows

The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed Dawn Airey CBE as Chair of Arts Council England for a term of 4 years starting on 1 August 2026.

Thousands of young people across Great Britain will benefit from access to expanded employment and wrap-around support services as the locations of almost 180 new Youth Hubs are confirmed this morning...

Guardian investigation also finds same areas experienced relative decline over same period

The annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will take place on 16-17 July 2026, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The 2026 Conference of the Cambridge Jour…