Free speech is fundamental to a free society.

Free speech is fundamental to a free society.

Without free speech, there can be no free exchange of ideas, no free society and no effective democracy. Even, or perhaps especially, during the pandemic there has been robust public discourse about the scale and impact of the threat to life and to the economy that...
Free speech is fundamental to a free society.

Queen’s Speech: all 163 pages of the interesting bits

The Queen’s Speech may have lasted only a few minutes and announced only a couple of dozen new Bills. But the full briefing document runs to 163 pages and contains a few unexpected surprises for policy wonks and political nerds like me. The full text of the...
Post virus recovery – governments must assess the equality impact of every policy

Post virus recovery – governments must assess the equality impact of every policy

The recent report on the gendered economic impact of COVID-19 published by the UK Parliamentary Women and Equalities Select Committee found that the economic impact of coronavirus has affected men and women differently. It highlights that pre-existing gendered...