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August 8, 2025

How political engagement is shifting among young people

Leafletting, canvassing and party-political broadcasts once dominated the political campaign space and made up the backbone of any political campaign in the UK, with successful media hits helping political actors control political discourse. But Gen Alpha and Z, the next generation of voters, are different. Leaflets, television broadcasts and canvassing is no longer a driving […]

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August 1, 2025

How AI and VPNs undermined the UK Government’s online age verification rollout

With the introduction of mandatory age verification measures on 18+ sites in the UK, technology has demonstrated how crafting effective regulations is evermore difficult in the age of technology, specifically AI. The legislation The Online Safety Act was passed back in 2023 under the previous Conservative government with cross party support , introducing age verification […]

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July 25, 2025

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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July 18, 2025

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 […]

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July 11, 2025

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 […]

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July 4, 2025

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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May 9, 2025

‘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, […]

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May 2, 2025

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 […]

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March 20, 2025

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 […]

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March 14, 2025

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 […]

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How AI and VPNs undermined the UK Government’s online age verification rollout

The Grey Belt: What is it?

Division: What does it really mean in Parliament?

Can the UK Lead on AI Regulation?

Welfare Reform Fiasco

‘Better the Devil You Know’

Is Australia about to emulate Canada?

Can Starmer get Britain building?

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

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