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Britain must be more strategic in tackling foreign conflicts
Last week, the new National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review gave conflict prevention a high priority, and committed more resources to addressing instability in fragile states as far upstream as possible to save both lives and money down the line; this week, ippr publishes its own review of the lessons to be learned from conflict prevention and peacebuilding.
ippr: Our progressive spending review plan
Our guest writer is Nick Pearce, director of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) How should Labour respond to the […]
New MPs unsure of their role in the ‘new political era’
The record number of new MPs are finding it difficult to adjust to their roles in the 'new politcs' and the traditions and processes of Parliament, three new MPs revealed today.
Celebrating the achievements of the Child Trust Fund
This week the Fabian Society and the ippr rallied in defence of the Child Trust Fund in an event that celebrated its achievements and potential.
Reform of police service is key, not a fixation on numbers
There is no need for the fiscal squeeze to hit frontline numbers; the sooner we get away from being fixated with the overall number of officers the better.
More fuel for the fire in the debate over biofuels
How best to balance the sustainable, certified and small-scale cultivation of biofuels with the need to counteract mounting world hunger & cut carbon emissions?