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Written evidence from Dr Richard Johnson for the Modernisation Committee

Read 's written evidence for the Modernisation Committee's inquiry on the work of the Committee

Date added: Thursday, March 27, 2025

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Written evidence from Dr Daniel Gover for the Modernisation Committee

Read 's written evidence for the Modernisation Committee's inquiry on the work of the Committee

Date added: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Equity and Aspiration: Understanding East Londoners’ Views on Social Mobility and Careers in the Professions

Queen Mary is committed to representing the needs of those in the community that the university serves on a local, national and international stage and to opening the doors of opportunity to East London and beyond. 

Date added: Wednesday, February 12, 2025

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The UK Joint Committee on Women Project

Progressive and ahead of its time: A feminist history of the UK’s four-nation representation in Europe

Date added: Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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The Diversity of Ethnic Minority Londoners

What do ethnic minority Londoners actually think about politics, society, racism in the UK, and life in the Capital? 

Date added: Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Governing in Hard Times: Urgent Questions for the Centre-Left

Leading speakers from politics, policymaking, and academia provide Starmer and his team with not only questions that they must address ahead of next year’s likely election, but also some potential answers.

Date added: Sunday, October 1, 2023

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What influences Londoners’ wellbeing, and what can help?

The factors that have the biggest influence on Londoners’ wellbeing and the policy interventions that could make a difference.

Date added: Thursday, November 23, 2023

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Submission to the Civil Service Leadership and Reform Inquiry

In this co-authored 'UK Productivity-Governance Puzzle' submission, Professor Patrick Diamond suggests how the Civil Service could be reformed.

Date added: Friday, September 1, 2023

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The 1992 ‘Shadow Budget’: some further thoughts by Dan Corry

Dan Corry reflects on the 1992 Shadow Budget's relevance to contemporary politics and Labour's policy platform in the run-up to the next election.

Date added: Sunday, January 1, 2023

The Challenge Ahead for Starmer’s Labour: How to understand the 1997 ‘Project’

This Mile End Institute pamphlet critically assesses New Labour's landslide victory in 1997, and considers the vital questions about the party's latest 'project'.

Date added: Thursday, December 1, 2022

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MEI Strategy 2023-28

Read the MEI's latest strategy, launched at Dept W, Queen Mary University of London in February 2024.

Date added: Thursday, February 1, 2024

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Policy how-to guides - QM Policy Hub

Learn how to navigate the public policy ecosystem, engage with policymakers and get the most out of your policy engagement work with these how-to guides from the QM Policy Hub.

Date added: Thursday, March 21, 2024

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'The springboard for Blair's ascendancy': Black Wednesday 30 Years On

30 years on from 'Black Wednesday' when Britain withdrew from the ERM, David Ward considers its lasting impact on UK politics and economic policy.

Date added: Thursday, September 1, 2022

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East x Southeast: Local Research in Poplar, Stratford and Thamesmead

With the Centre for London, the MEI explored how Stratford, Poplar, and Thamesmead have changed since 2000, and how they may continue to change up to 2040.

Date added: Sunday, May 1, 2022

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John Smith's 1992 Shadow Budget: Myths and Lessons for Labour

This paper by David Ward revisits the 'Shadow Budget' that John Smith delivered during the 1992 General Election and considers its lessons for policy.

Date added: Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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A Future Well and Fair: A Post-Covid Vision of the Welfare State

This project, funded by Research England and led by Dr Paul Copeland (QMUL) in collaboration with Professor Mary Daly (Oxford) and Alistair Leitch (Oxford) provides a Post-Covid vision of the UK welfare state.

Date added: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

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Not For Patching? Public Opinion and the Commitment to ‘Build Back Better’

This project, led by MEI Deputy Director Dr Karl Pike, examines the views of the British public on what rebuilding after the pandemic might mean. It offers some preliminary indications of what policy areas the public want to prioritise, and how the machinery of government has managed and performed during this crisis.

Date added: Thursday, May 13, 2021

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