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Nigel Wilcock, Executive Director of the Institute of Economic Development, says that communities need a new model for Levelling Up.

A new study finds that businesses which use social values for profit – like the environment or social justice – can erode company status and consumer commitment.

A poll finds almost half of Europeans believe climate change is the next global challenge, while 88% think renewable energy should be a larger part of the economy.

In 2011, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi said that Islamophobia passed "the dinner table test" - ten years later, Islamophobia accounts for 45% of documented religious hate crimes.

In First Nation communities in Canada, poor housing conditions lead to frequent rates of respiratory infections - especially in children under three.

The Digital Services Act (DSA), a European attempt to place digital regulations on tech giants like Facebook and Google, passed with a strong majority.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Europe would "radically raise" microchip production - predicting that demand will "double in the next decade".

A new mega-dataset finds that during the pandemic, support for populist parties and politicians has minimised since 2020.

Experts warn that a Sixth Mass Extinction is potentially underway, with human activities threatening species extinction.

Lui Asquith, Director of Legal and Policy at Mermaids, dissects new NHSE sanctions placed on young trans people looking for basic healthcare.

New study suggests that both positive and negative election video ads are unlikely to sway voters from the opposition New study explored supporters on both democratic and republican sides of the 2018 US midterm election and discovered that they are more likely to be moved or angered by political advertising...

The UK government will continue more pardons for people with historical criminal convictions of same-sex consensual sexual activity.

According to evidence in the Online Safety Bill report, 62% of women aged between 18-34 experience online abuse and harassment - with 50% of 11-16 year old girls also facing these issues online.

Taiwan announced a $200 million investment for microchip production in Lithuania, with a further $1 billion credit programme for innovation.

After the Grenfell tower tragedy in 2017, the UK failed to remove unsafe cladding across the country - now, the Government has a new proposal for developers.

Research has found that countries with higher success in minimising coronavirus cases and deaths, have more trust within their society and governments.

A Health Committee report finds that in the "most optimistic scenario" of increased treatment over the next three years, the NHS backlog could come down to pre-pandemic levels in 2025.

A new study demonstrates that political divides have become deeper now than at any other point in the last 50 years.

Joy Mbakwe, Head of English at Lilian Baylis Technology College, discusses an ongoing issue in education - the absence of a diverse curriculum in classrooms around the UK.

Hajo Boomgaarden and Fabienne Lind, from the University of Vienna, discuss why an infrastructure for political text analysis is crucial to improve research on democracies.