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Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong
Moving into 2026, the government faces a critical period of delivery. After 18 months in power and several major fiscal events behind them, the focus is shifting from setting policy to seeing it through. However, with unemployment reaching 5.1% and a series of high-stakes reviews underway, the road ahead remains complex. In this episode, we are joined by Christine Farquharson and Tom Waters to examine the economic landscape for the year ahead. We look at the rising pressures on the public pur...
As ever the big-picture choices in the Budget dominated media coverage - but some of the most interesting changes were buried in the detail. From electric vehicles to tourist tax, how much do these quieter tax shifts really matter? In this episode, we dig into the lesser-noticed policies: why the government is offering upfront EV grants while planning a per-mile tax, how tweaks to salary sacrifice and cash ISAs could shape saving behaviour, and what the changes to EIS and EMI mean for investm...
Trump has overestimated what he could achieve and underestimated the voters, allies, and legal grounding needed to make his accomplishments last
Edmund Burke’s spurned advice to Parliament in 1775 has found new relevance in Minneapolis
The article critiques the misuse of the term "protester," arguing that it often conflates peaceful demonstrations with violent actions, undermining the integrity of genuine activism.
In this paper, the authors review promising practices for designing and implementing stackable credentials—a short-term credential that builds toward a higher-level credential—to inform the efforts of states and postsecondary institutions
Polls are increasingly clear: both Republicans and Democrats are rapidly losing the public's confidence. Do more people want to end the culture war than win it?
Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports