British Politics and Policy at LSE

British Politics and Policy at LSE

London School of Economics and Political Science

Evidence-based social science for UK policy and politics. BPP is a multidisciplinary academic blog run by the London School of Economics and Political Science. Our central aim is to increase the public understanding of British politics and policy by providing accessible academic commentary and research. We have no editorial “line” beyond a commitment to communicating social science research and commentary in ways that enhance public debate and understanding.


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LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 21 October 2024 English

Democracy worldwide is in retreat. One of the main reasons behind this decline is that for democracy to work, people within a state need to feel a sense of belonging …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 18 October 2024 English

Race plays a central role in British political life, as recent events like the 2024 riots, the Grenfell tragedy, the Windrush scandal, and policy discussions around immigration reveal. Despite that, …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 17 October 2024 English

The Labour Government has introduced a new Employment Rights Bill. It aims to expand flexible work arrangements, ban unfair dismissal from day one, ban zero-hour contracts in their current form, …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 16 October 2024 English

Despite its unquestionable successes overt the past fifty years, the neoliberal paradigm has proven incapable of dealing with the greatest challenges of our time. It’s time to come up with …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 11 October 2024 English

The shape of social security policy, at least since Margaret Thatcher’s Government, has been dominated by a top-down approach. The Labour Government has the opportunity to do things differently by …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 11 October 2024 English

Anne Power reflects on the publication of the Grenfell Inquiry, and highlights that one of the critical lessons learned, namely that multi-storey estates need hands-on, ground level management, with locally-based …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 9 October 2024 English

The Labour Government is planning to increase the outsourcing of NHS care to the private sector as a means of bringing down waiting lists. But David Rowland argues that eye …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 4 October 2024 English

Electric vehicles are key for reducing transport emissions, but do they produce a healthy urban transport system? David Klenert, Linus Mattauch and Simona Sulikova argue that the health benefits of …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 2 October 2024 English

The UK housing market has experienced a dramatic rise in house prices and mortgage debt over recent decades, both of which have outpaced average income growth. Gabriel M. Ahlfeldt, Nikodem …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 October 2024 English

One key rationale behind the design of Universal Credit is administrative simplicity. But that apparent simplicity ends up concealing the complexity of people’s different lives and circumstances, resulting in claimants …