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The Grey Belt

The Grey Belt: What is it?

The Labour government has popularised the term ‘grey belt’ but what does it really mean? It refers to land within the green belt which provides none of the advantages of green belt land. Often, grey belt areas can include disused car parks, scrubland, waste ground, derelict sites among other things. It isn’t the typical fields […]

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Division: What does it really mean in Parliament?

A division (vote) in Parliament is one of the most important parts of the functions of Parliament. Put simply it is how bills become acts and they serve as not just a formality of delivering an agenda but also as a metric as to how much confidence MPs have in the executive government on the […]

AI Regulation

Can the UK Lead on AI Regulation?

The UK has positioned itself as a world lead in AI technology, but do UK regulations keep up with the rapidly progressing technology? With the government keen to drive forward AI innovation domestically, the UK finds itself at risk of exposing the world to a rapidly advancing and potentially dangerous piece of technology with little […]

welfare reform

Welfare Reform Fiasco

After weeks of controversy, rebellion and internal chaos, the government eventually got its welfare reforms (the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill) through the commons vote on the second reading on Tuesday night after a series of internal negotiations between the government and its back benchers. An amendment to the bill (Division 247) failed […]

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‘Better the Devil You Know’

The Australian election – and what it means for the UK You could be forgiven for thinking that the Australian election was done and dusted last weekend. With Anthony Albanese declared Prime Minister, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton conceding defeat (not to mention losing his own seat). But no – not quite. Unlike the UK, […]

Australia about to emulate Canada

Is Australia about to emulate Canada?

Whoever said that campaigns make no difference? Until recently, it was received wisdom that the frenetic final weeks before an election made little actual difference to the outcome. With voters having made up their minds – either consciously or not – many months prior. Few say this now. UK politics got a rude awakening to […]

Britain Building

Can Starmer get Britain building?

By Antony Morrison – Associate Partner – Campaigns ‘At our best when at our boldest’. This was Tony Blair’s rallying cry to party members at Labour’s 2002 conference. Twenty-three years on, this mantra seems to guide Angela Rayner and Keir Starmer as they steer through Parliament some of the biggest reforms in decades to planning […]

Elon Musk, the Master of Chaos

Elon Musk, the Master of Chaos: How His UK Political Interventions Are Straining Transatlantic Relations

Elon Musk is no stranger to controversy. The Tesla tycoon and self-styled disruptor thrives in the limelight, but his recent foray into UK politics has taken his knack for chaos to a whole new level. Musk’s incendiary posts on X (formerly Twitter) have sparked outrage, united political rivals, and thrown a diplomatic wrench into UK-US […]

Storytelling in Public Affairs Campaigns

The Power of Storytelling in Public Affairs Campaigns

Public affairs isn’t about pushing out dry policy briefs or shouting statistics into the void. It’s about connection, persuasion, and, above all, influence. And what’s the secret weapon in this high-stakes game? Storytelling. Yes, the same ancient art that once painted legends onto cave walls now holds the key to winning hearts and minds in […]

Conservative & Labour Majorities

Will Conservative and Labour Majorities Be Dead After This Parliament?

The Westminster bubble is trembling. The great behemoths of British politics—the Conservatives and Labour—are losing their grip on a nation that no longer fits neatly into the red or blue boxes they’ve relied on for decades. Are we witnessing the death of majority politics as we know it? Could this Parliament mark the end of […]