More than half of the calories purchased by UK households are from ultra-processed food. That’s not a simple dietary statistic, but a structural signal: the country’s position at the extreme end of ultra-processed food consumption in Europe […]
The NHS launched “test beds” and trials in 2016 and expanded the programme in 2018 to integrate technology, including algorithms and the Internet of Things, into healthcare. The programme involved partnerships with […]
An April 2025 paper describes how the Iranian IRGC poses a growing threat to UK national security, with links to at least 20 foiled terror plots in the UK since 2022. The […]
The UK government has been financing the “impact” market infrastructure since 2011. Social outcomes partnerships or social impact bonds (“SIBs”), known as “pay-for-success contracts” in the US, are emerging as a proposed […]
The Wigan Deal, implemented in 2014, has been hailed as a pioneering approach to deliver public services, focusing on an “assets-based approach” and a “new social relationship” between citizens and government. In […]
In 2014, NHS England’s ‘Five Year Forward View’ was published, a strategic plan that outlines the future direction and transformation of the NHS in England over the next five years. The plan […]
King Charles III’s engagement with Islam raises questions about his role as a Christian monarch and Supreme Governor of the Church of England. He has drifted from being a Christian monarch to […]