From reputational risk to resilience: crisis communications for PEPs
For PEPs, crisis communication isn’t optional, it is a strategic necessity where clarity, authenticity, and preparedness define public survival.
If you build it, will they come? Rethinking New Towns for growth
New Towns won’t fix the housing crisis alone, but with strategic growth and purpose, they can transform regional economies long-term.
Whatever happened to behavioural economics?
Nudge theory used to be the toast of policy wonks and campaign strategists alike. It promised to subtly reshape human behaviour not through coercion, subversion or propaganda, but with a gentle poke to our hearts. So, what happened?
Dinner, dissent, and dangerous precedents
Reflections on free speech, regulation, and truth – warning against well-intentioned overreach and moral relativism. Misinformation and disinformation are not morally neutral.
Is Trump making globalisation popular again?
Trump’s tariff-driven trade strategy is triggering global shifts — fuelling inflation at home while encouraging new trade alliances abroad.
The hidden link between CANZUK and UK housing affordability
Ted Cussans explores how CANZUK could impact housing affordability, linking global trade policy with local urban life across four Anglosphere nations.
Labour’s tax dilemma – Can stability survive stagflation?
As the UK faces a period of economic uncertainty marked by high inflation and low growth, intern Emma Ralph Sargent examines whether Labour’s ambitious £40 billion tax strategy can truly deliver the stability it promises.
Saving Scunthorpe — Nationalisation and the future of British Steel
Facing industrial decline, the UK explores nationalisation to secure jobs, protect communities, and adapt to environmental and economic demands.
Mark Carney: How the unelected economist took Canada’s highest office
Mark Carney’s unexpected rise to Prime Minister amid escalating trade tensions with allies sets the stage for a pivotal upcoming election.
Growth without grit – Why building 1.5 million homes requires more than ‘YIMBY-ism’
Building isn’t just about approvals – it’s about skills, workforce, and execution. Without them, Yimby-ism risks becoming just talk.