The Policy Ask with Jason Judd: “The UK’s Modern Slavery Act is not fit for purpose”
The executive director of the Cornell University Global Labor Institute on international workers’ rights, President Lula, and being “less fox,…
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The Policy Ask with Christina Pagel: “There is no compelling reason to make it harder to vote in the UK”
The eminent professor and member of Independent Sage on voter ID laws, the ageing population, and what the UK can…
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The Policy Ask with Helena Wood: “I take a visceral pleasure in tackling fraudsters before breakfast”
The director of public policy at fraud prevention service Cifas on organised crime, economic stability, and keeping people safe online.
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The Policy Ask with Paul McNamee: “The prospect of Rachel Reeves becoming the first female chancellor is exciting”
The director of Labour’s Climate and Environment Forum on building self-confidence, the importance of devolution, and backlash against onshore wind…
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The Policy Ask with Mike Clancy: “Who inspires me? Tony Blair”
The general secretary of Prospect on skills gaps, nuclear power, and why strong principles mean nothing without the ability to…
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The Policy Ask with Habib Naqvi: “Policymakers should acknowledge that communities know better”
The chief executive of the NHS Race and Health Observatory on tackling injustice, and why we need better representation in…
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The Policy Ask with Sarah Longlands: “The ambitions of metro mayors won’t be realised without strong councils”
The chief executive of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies on building community wealth, growing up during the Troubles, and…
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The Policy Ask with Christopher Hammond: “The government should scrap the effective ban on new onshore wind farms”
The chief executive of the local leaders’ network UK100 on net zero, climate conspiracy theories, and Teddy Roosevelt.
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The Policy Ask with Nicola Sharp-Jeffs: “No recourse to public funds is a form of state-sanctioned economic abuse”
The charity founder on access to cash for domestic abuse survivors, unfair immigration rules and the need for better economic…
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The Policy Ask with Raffi Schieir: “Companies should be fined more for using ‘virgin’ plastics”
The co-founder of Prevented Ocean Plastic on recycling, the circular economy, and uninspiring politicians.
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The Policy Ask with Helen Milner: “Fixing the digital divide is essential to unite the country”
The CEO of the Good Things Foundation on social broadband tariffs, tackling e-waste and improving people’s online literacy.
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The Policy Ask with Karl Williams: “A Norman Tebbit portrait hangs above my Tufton Street desk”
The research director at the Centre for Policy Studies on five-mile runs, the EU, and the miners’ strike.
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The Policy Ask with Lucy Yu: “It shouldn’t cost more for a household to run a heat pump than a boiler”
The CEO of the Centre for Net Zero on the UK’s approach to AI, scrapping the heat pump tax, and…
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The Policy Ask with Rhian-Mari Thomas: “Decarbonising air travel is vital to hit net zero”
The CEO of Green Finance Institute on her shift from physicist to investment banker, the importance of biodiversity targets, and…
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The Policy Ask with Beeban Kidron: “Taking apart legal protections is straight out of a dictator’s playbook”
The children’s rights campaigner on online safety, how the world of work has changed for women, and the courage of…
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The Policy Ask with Sarah Atkinson: “We need to level the playing field”
The chief executive of the Social Mobility Foundation on what needs to be done to provide opportunity for the most…
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The Policy Ask with Mat Ilic: “We need retrofit subsidies to lower bills and reduce emissions”
The co-founder of the green skills start-up Greenworkx on energy efficiency, Barack Obama and the Online Safety Act.
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The Policy Ask with Emma Revie: “The national housing crisis is driving food bank need”
The chief executive of the Trussell Trust on the effects of the pandemic, social security and the shortage of homes.
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The Policy Ask with Daniel Gorman: “We are in a human rights emergency”
The director of English PEN on the erosion of civil liberties, protecting free speech and calling for a ceasefire.
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The Policy Ask with Ryan Wain: “Democracy is under threat – it’s becoming introspective”
The executive director of politics, insight and engagement at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change on the Great Man…
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