As NATO leaders gather in Turkey, with Sir Keir Starmer representing the UK, it’s worth reflecting on how the issues of defence and national security intersect with the increasingly diverse leadership...

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Report by Dr Dan Taylor from the Open University on inclusive growth in Barking and Dagenham.

New polling reveals the policy priorities of the public in both Scotland and Wales, including significant support for governments to be seen as co-operating.

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Pollsters asked about the way the devolved parliaments in Scotland and Wales worked with Westminster

Our history lessons are never just a straight-forward account of the past. They are based on carefully constructed ideas which shape our sense of who we are and how we understand our place in the worl...

The think tanks Enlighten and PolicyWISE were delighted to host a discussion about devolution in Scotland and Wales and what the nations might learn from one another in the coming years. Both Wales an...

Bridging divides: lessons in cross-nation collaboration from the PolicyWISE roundtables. In a time of shifting power dynamics, widening regional disparities, and voting volatility, how can the nations...

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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 ...

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 ...

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One of the first acts of the Starmer government, after its election in July 2024, was to establish a potentially landmark innovation in the UK’s model of territorial government: the Council of the Nat...

Watch the Webinar: "A More Collaborative Form of Governance? UK Intergovernmental Relations and the Council of Nations and Regions." You can now watch the recording of our recent webinar, which explored new research calling for a step change in UK Intergovernmental Relations through the Council of the Nations and Regions. We discussed a new model of collaborative governance, the purpose and remit of the Council, the English dimension, and international examples of good intergovernmental relations. Our panellists, and report co-authors, were: Dewi Knight (PolicyWISE, The Open University) Professor Michael Kenny and Alex Walker (The Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge) The event was chaired by Catherine May (PolicyWISE, The Open University), and took place live on the 13th of May.

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“I think if you’re old enough to go out and work, if you’re old enough to pay your taxes, then you are entitled to have a say on how your taxes are spent. And also we do have voting at a younger age i...

The latest Wise in 5 briefing from PolicyWISE reveals a patchwork of voting rights for 16 and 17-year-olds across the UK and Ireland. While young people can vote in devolved elections in Scotland and ...

The latest Wise in 5 briefing from PolicyWISE reveals a patchwork of voting rights for 16 and 17-year-olds across the UK and Ireland. While young people can vote in devolved elections in Scotland and ...

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April’s WISE in 5 is written by Andrew Sproul, a researcher at The Open University whose PhD explores the implementation of Housing First in Europe, focusing on Scotland and Finland through the lens o...

There have been rumours, leaks and hints of what will be in the Chancellor’s statement on Wednesday morning, and it seems to be so far, so glum – cuts, increased need for defence spending and an ever-...

A new Wise in 5 briefing is published today highlighting disparities in language education policies for refugees and migrants across the UK and Ireland. Wise in 5: Language Education for Refugees and ...

“Whatever is given – Can always be re-imagined.” Seamus Heaney’s words about creation, inheritance and imagination, might not seem an obvious starting point for a comparative policy blog.

Whether you think small is beautiful. Or the bigger the better. We know that size matters, right? Well, wrong actually. Especially when it comes to smaller class sizes in schools. You might think it’s...

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PolicyWISE and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge are collaborating on a new research project examining the recently established Council of the Nations & Regions. I...

Whether you think small is beautiful. Or the bigger the better.