Analysis

Programme examining the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad, presented

Episodes

Total: 389

Single people make up a large proportion of the population in Britain. People are marrying later and

The past decade has seen important shifts in when women become mothers, with 31 years now being the

What are companies for?

2023/6/12

Ruth Sunderland, the group business editor of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, asks industry leade

Do Boycotts Work?

2023/6/5

Boycotts are big at the moment. On a global scale, many countries are boycotting Russia following it

In the last five years in the UK, more than 100 children have died from knife wounds. But violence i

In May 2020 a group of experts came together, at speed, to form the UK’s Vaccine Task Force. Born i

How difficult is it for a police force to change? A review of the Metropolitan police by Baroness Lo

Is Britain exceptional?

2023/3/20

Is Britain Exceptional? Historian, author and Sunday Telegraph columnist Zoe Strimpel believes so, a

King Charles' Challenge

2023/3/13

The Queen’s funeral appeared a resounding reassertion of our enduring commitment to monarchy, but wa

Classic theories of representative democracy argue that it’s the representation of ideas not our per

Professor Ian Goldin explores globalisation, and asks how far the world is fragmenting politically a

From Brother to Other

2023/2/20

It’s a year since Russia launched its war in Ukraine; a year that has brought failure, humiliation,

The UK has pledged to reach net-zero by 2050. But has a pandemic, the fallout from the war in Ukrain

In the search for stability and growth, policy and debate often focuses on looking for multi-million

Last week, the government unveiled around £30bn worth of cuts to public services as it attempts to p

In spite of progress on men's involvement in childcare the statistics show that women are still doin

As the twin storms of economic turmoil and worsening climate change grip the UK and many other count

Over the decades, a string of umbrella terms and acronyms have been used in the UK to describe peopl

If you want to do good in the world, should you be a doctor, or an aid worker? Or should you make a

How Xi Jinping did it

2022/10/17

Just over a decade ago, President Xi Jinping was a virtual unknown. Few would say that now. In ten y