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To understand Burnhamism, look back to 2010

The government has announced one of the largest shifts of fiscal power to local places in decades. With this, the Lab reflects on why handing power down to regions and communities is central to the go...

Britons want change, but they need a story that makes sense of it. Will Snell, Fairness Foundation, sets out the conception of fairness that can hold the country together.

Bruno Dent, Future Governance Forum, lays out how Burnham can reform the British state in his first hundred days, from No.10 to the Treasury.

James Baggaley reflects on his recent visit to Manchester, and how place-based politics can transform the country, as part of the Lab's Nation of Neighbours project, in partnership with Demos.

First published in our 2025 collection, Britain Renewed: Labour and the Communitarian Tradition, Andy Burnham reflects on place-based governing.

Makerfield, Manchesterism, and the fight over defence spending

New polling delivered by UCL Policy Lab and More in Common shows a close race between Labour and Reform UK in this week's by-election.

The politics of hope, immigration, and much more

How local, national and global action builds a progressive future.

The best of local election analysis

New analysis from UCL Policy Lab and More in Common shows that a failure to respect ordinary people has led voters to desert the established parties in favour of populist challengers.

A new report by the UCL Policy Lab outlines that UK universities must take the lead in renewing their civic and national role if they are to thrive in the years ahead.

On progressive Christianity, the virtue of fiscal prudence, and how to fight inequality

UCL Policy Lab and UCL Economics welcomed Torsten Bell MP to UCL this April to launch the Annual Lecture in Economic Policy.

Progressives are in danger of losing the argument about wealth. Jack Jeffrey, Fairness Foundation, shows how republican political theory might help them win it.

Josh Westerling, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, lays out the features and the limitations of the Labour Government's new employment legislation.

As UCL Policy Lab research shows, the government's new Social Cohesion Action Plan is right to focus on how local communities are the bedrock of cohesion. Yet other elements of the government's curren...

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Today, UCL marks 200 years since its foundation. Based in the heart of London, UCL is rooted in curiosity, tolerance and academic excellence. Throughout the year we will celebrate two centuries of lea...

Guest writer, Marc Stears, Director, UCL Policy Lab & former chief speechwriter to the Labour Party, reflects on what the artists, Turner and Constable, can tell us about Keir Starmer's leadership.

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

Leading experts from the US, Europe and Asia will gather at UCL for a two-day conference, helping build momentum and ideas to support tax reform in Britain and around the world.

On Wednesday 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day, Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe will meet in Strasbourg to discuss how the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) should …

Simon Parker, Becca Dove and Benjamin Taylor explore the history of relational public services, ahead of Britian Renewed 2026, a major one-day conference exploring a more place-based approach to public service reform.

How can politics build a sustainable vision for Britain's political economy? Latest anylsis from the UCL Policy Lab on the Budget.