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Still “Thatcher’s Britain”? Monday 20 October, 6.30pm

‘As Long as it Takes': What does it mean to commit to Ukraine’s security?

Queen Mary's Question Time Tickets, Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM | Eventbrite

Does the Conservative Party Have a Future?

How to Win a Referendum on Europe: 1975, 2016 and ...?

How to Replace 'First Past the Post': Electoral Reform in Action

Hennessy Lecture: Sayeeda Warsi on Islam in Modern Britain

Event: The Future of the 'Special Relationship'

Webinar: The Conservative Party in Opposition

QMUL Teach-In: Debating Labour's Budget

Event: Disinformation and Smearing in British Politics

Budget Blog: Raising Taxes on Wealth

Sathnam Sanghera: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe

Long Read: Managing the Parliamentary Labour Party in Government

Blog: How are Londoners intending to vote, and why?

Blog: The Rise of the Far Right in Britain

Report: The Diversity of Ethnic Minority Londoners

Event: London, 1984: Conflict and Change

Event: Remembering John Smith, 30 Years On

Book Launch: Getting Over New Labour

Webinar: One week to the London Mayoral Election

In Conversation with Sir David Lidington

Event: Who Governs? 50 years since the February 1974 election

Webinar: Reforming the Centre of Government

Event: Careers with Latin American Politics

Webinar: The Downing Street Declaration: Thirty Years On

Event: The Case for the Centre Right with the Rt Hon David Gauke

Event: In Conversation with Rushanara Ali MP

Event: In Conversation with Jess Phillips MP

Event: The Future of the Welfare State

Event: In Conversation with Wes Streeting MP

Event: The Life and Times of Marcia Williams

Event: Growth Stories: economic narratives for the next general election

Event: 100 more by 2030! How to create a more gender-balanced democracy

Event: In Conversation with David Lammy MP

New Blog: David Cameron's Bloomberg Speech, 10 Years On

New Blog: Brentry at 50 - How post-war Britain joined the European Community

Pamphlet: The Challenge Ahead for Starmer's Labour: How to understand the 1997 'Project'

New Blog: The Challenge for Keir Starmer's Labour by Prof Patrick Diamond

Podcast: Behind Closed Doors: The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs

Event: After Corbyn: What should the Left do now?

Event: Bankruptcy, Bubbles and Bailouts: The Inside History of the Treasury since 1976

Event: End State and Policymaking in the Digital Age with James Plunkett

Event: Unmasking our Leaders with Michael Cockerell

Conference: Breaking the Glass Chamber: Women, Politics and Parliament

NEW PODCAST: Historicising the Refugee Crisis

NEW BLOG: Radically Shrinking the State?

Conference: New Labour, New Britain? The 1997 Election, 25 Years On

NEW WEBINAR: Interpreting the French Presidential Election

NEW WEBINAR: The Premiership in an Age of Upheaval

NEW PODCAST: 'The Past, Present and Future of London's Aylesbury Estate'

NEW BLOG: 'Assuming full and direct responsibility': 50 years of the Northern Ireland Office

NEW RESEARCH PAPER: John Smith's Shadow Budget 1992 - Myths and Lessons for Labour

Podcast: The Welfare State Generation: Women, Agency and Class since 1945.

NEW BLOG: 'Come Referendum Day': The 1979 Scottish Referendum

NEW BLOG: 'All say Yes or Tinkerbell will die': The 1979 Scottish Referendum

NEW BLOG: 'A Kingdom on the Brink': The 1979 Scottish Referendum

NEW BLOG: Levelling-up London? What it would take to fix the damage the pandemic has done in the Covid Triangle

NEW BLOG: Levelling Up: 'Nothing More Than A Rhetorical Device'?

NEW BLOG: 'Talking a Good Game': Levelling Up and Localism in England

BLOG: 'A Medieval Court': Reforming Number 10

Podcast: Chief of Staff with Gavin BarwellP

Podcast: Free with Lea Ypi

Podcast: Out of the Darkness: Greenham Voices 1981-2000

Podcast: The Neoliberal Age?

Labour Wars

Webinar: Commemorating 50 Years of 'Outcast London'

Forty Years On: New Perspectives on the 1981 Budget

Webinar: The Civic University

BOOK NOW- Structural and Institutional Racism in the UK - Contemporary Perspectives

Podcast: The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World

The Keir Starmer strategy

Keir Starmer's first conference speech as Labour leader was a serious affair – here's what you need to know

Does the SPD Performance in the German Elections Point To a Left-Wing Resurgence in Europe?

Labour conference: members aren't quite tearing chunks out of each other but a distinct air of unease remains

Bloomberg Westminster: Labour Party Special

BOOK NOW- Banking Bailout Law: A Comparative Study of the United States, United Kingdom and European Union

When Labour Believed in Brexit – Dr Richard Johnson

What’s behind the Boris reshuffle?

Can Labour Fix Its Relationship with Its Muslim Voters before It’s Too Late?

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