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Taking Aid Outside of Politics

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”] [fbshare type=”button”] The Labour Party is now ramping up a campaign, backed by the Private Members Bill, to leg...

by Damien Dacey

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Unacceptable Living Conditions: Why Austerity Has Failed

A few weeks ago, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, took the opportunity to publicly congratulate himself. Real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2013 was 0.3%, alleviating concerns of a triple-dip recession. Eve...

by Ved Menon

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The Census Is Flawed: BHA Reveals England’s Not Christian [Info-graphic]

In a response to David Cameron’s claim that Britain is still a Christian country, The British Humanist Association (BHA), alongside this open letter of complaint, published revelatory statistics to provide a more realistic...

by Noora .

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The democratic conundrum: Wasting money and alienating voters

Plato regarded social democracy as an immense concern. Aristotle called it a ‘deviant’ – the opposition to majority rule’s nobler version, the polity. In fact, throughout political philosophy’s history, influential sc...

by Miro Ralston

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John Kay Talks Scottish Independence at the University of Glasgow

IPF Team Member Rebecca Collier attended a talk by leading economist John Kay at the University of Glasgow. On the 21st of February, the University of Glasgow was fortunate to welcome John Kay a leading economist in the Unite...

by Rebecca Collier

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Politics And The Youth: Does Our Vote Really Count?

With the UK General Elections coming up soon, there’s a lot of talk about who to vote for. Will the Tories be given a second chance or will Labour steal the show? Or will the Lib Dems manage to win trust back off the public? ...

by Priyanka Mogul

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‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women

A new survey published by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the first week of March revealed one in three women in Europe have suffered some form of violence, sexual or physical, in her lifetime. The rep...

by Isabella Grotto

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Identity Crisis? – Cricket and Multiculturalism

As England and India clash this summer it is worth considering whether the loyalties of British-born Asians tell us something about the deeper issues of identity and integration in modern, multicultural Britain. Alongside Enoch...

by Kishan Koria

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Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

Faced with the high crime rate of his local community, an estate in Hackney, East London, 16 year old Wacky Rymel grabbed an opportunity with two hands. Dancing since the age of 6, Wacky felt that much of the gun and knife crim...

by Jessica Trevis

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Taking Aid Outside of Politics

Unacceptable Living Conditions: Why Austerity Has Failed

The Census Is Flawed: BHA Reveals England’s Not Christian [Info-graphic]

The democratic conundrum: Wasting money and alienating voters

John Kay Talks Scottish Independence at the University of Glasgow

Politics And The Youth: Does Our Vote Really Count?

‘An Extensive Human Rights Abuse That The EU Cannot Afford To Overlook’ – Estimating The Financial Cost Of Violence Against Women

Identity Crisis? – Cricket and Multiculturalism

Changemaker of the Week: Wacky Rymel and Beat The Streets

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