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John Bone suggests that we shouldn’t be complacent that the UK has bucked the right-wing populist tide that is spreading across Western democracies. It is far from being the case. …Read more
Danny Dorling. author of 'Peak Injustice', offers his take on the results of the UK General Election.…Read more
In this episode, Rebecca Megson-Smith speaks with Jen Shang, co-author of ‘Meaningful Philanthropy: The Person Behind the Giving’, about the high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals behind philanthropic giving.…Read more
Charles Devellennes, author of the 'The Macron Régime', gives his take on whether the recent French legislative elections mark the end of Macronism, despite the failure of the Rassemblement National to take control. French politics.…Read more
Zacharoula Kasseri calls for care-oriented advocacy to be promoted as an approach for healing substance addiction, rather than the neoliberal tendencies of medicalisation, criminalisation and the war on drugs ideology. …Read more
Becky Tipper and Leah Gilman, authors of 'Fiction and Research', consider the power of storytelling in the context of the Post Office scandal. Why did it take a TV drama to raise consciousness and prompt policy change?…Read more
Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell look at the contradiction between the disempowerment felt by those earning >£59k and their political influence. This clout should be used to vote for radical investment in the general election.…Read more
Jess Miles speaks with Lee Gregory and Cat Tully about the Academics Stand Against Poverty manifesto audit which establishes which parties are most likely to address poverty and enable British society to flourish.…Read more
Christine E. Haigh and Holly Mogford look at the Labour-run NHS in Wales as a possible indicator of how the party will deal with migrants’ access to health care, if elected to Westminster.…Read more
As part of the Academics Stand Against Poverty blog series, Georgia van Toorn, Joanna Redden, Lina Dencik, Jess Brand and colleagues challenge Labour to resist the temptation to rely on technological solutions such as AI to tackle the structural problems of poverty and inequality.…Read more