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How can Labour escape the doom loop in 2026?

Professor Matthew Flinders discusses the pessimistic, self-reinforcing negative feedback cycle that is dominating British politics right now in The Conversation

The Conversation
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New project will bring together local and online communities to examine regional food policy

A new initiative will host two ecological citizens’ ‘Re-assemblies’ to explore food and energy systems in relation to Net Zero transition.
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Tougher action on criminal landlords needed to overhaul failing system new research finds

Research findings by Dr Xavier L’Hoiry forms part of four new reports highlighting how councils and police forces across the UK are failing to crack down on criminal landlords operating at the margins of the private rented sector.
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Professor Sarah Neal appointed Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Neal on her recent award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.