Social and Public Policy

In the second of three short conversations with Rhodri Davies, author of 'What Is Philanthropy For?', George Miller asks Rhodri about the difference between philanthropy and charity.…Read more

Elizabeth Cookingham Bailey and E.K Sarter, editors of 'Understanding Public Services', consider the innovations that public services are employing in the face of multiple challenges.…Read more

Marcos González Hernando and Gerry Mitchell, authors of 'Uncomfortably Off', argue that the Spring Budget will do little to improve the situation of even the relatively well-off in society, while the underlying causes of our many crises are left unaddressed.…Read more

In this episode, George Miller speaks to Rhodri Davies about why he thinks this is a good time to ask questions about the purpose of philanthropy, and its relationship to democracy, inequality and the market.…Read more

Jenny Edkins, co-editor of 'When This Is Over', explains why the trauma and implications of the pandemic are not going away. …Read more

Erin Rennie examines how idolisation of professional footballers means that when they commit violence against women, fans rush to their defense without consideration, which undoes so much of the progress made by the #MeToo movement.…Read more

This policy briefing by Kate Andersen, the author of 'Welfare That Works for Women?', is particularly relevant at the current time given that the UK government has recently further expanded welfare conditionality with the aim of increasing moves into paid work.…Read more

Luke Martell, author of Alternative Societies, calls for us to learn from a multitude of lived utopias around the world and scale them up to create an alternative society that is green, just and democratic. …Read more

This policy briefing by Nicky Gregson, the author of 'The Waste of the World' is for people who are trying to break this link between economic growth and waste by reducing the amount of material that becomes waste. …Read more

Edward Hall, John Clayton and Catherine Donovan, editors of 'Landscapes of Hate', respond to the 26 percent rise in hate crimes in the UK, and look at how they are embedded in the fabric of our lives. …Read more