This guide looks at some of the key things we do know about crime and why it has been so difficult to make sense of crime policy. [...]
The team at GOV.UK want to know how they can better serve people who are attempting to hold the government to account, and understand the reasoning behind government decisions. Whilst you [...]
When Nick, a former driving instructor, saw the road safety charity Brake tweet ... It's estimated that every 1mph reduction in average speeds, crash rates fall by an average of [...]
I live in Belgium, and recently read that the Flemish Parliament was debating new EU rules restricting children’s use of social media by introducing a digital ‘age of consent'. As [...]
EU policy is made within the Brussels bubble, with Brussels-based think tanks and Brussels-based lobbyists. Even civil society organisations at EU level rarely speak to the people that they represent. [...]
After reading an article stating that people receiving Universal Credit were “5 percent more likely to find employment within four months when compared to people claiming Jobseekers Allowance” I chose [...]
I read in The Times (£, July 28th) and Evening Standard (July 27th) about a pilot scheme in four London boroughs testing a device called a 'sobriety tag'. These ankle bracelets monitor the [...]
In May, the Daily Mail and the Mirror reported on a Cambridge teacher being refused entry to a branch of McDonalds in the early hours after failing an alcohol breath test. According to these [...]
Last month The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Mirror ran stories about crime falling following a “ban” on ‘mankinis’ – the swimwear made famous by Borat – by the Cornish town of [...]
Hamish Chalmers questions claims that forcing children to read Welsh will harm their education. [...]
Last week I went along to the Big UK Cycling Debate – the first time the three main parties had taken part in a debate on the future of cycling [...]
The Mail Online ran a piece on alcohol and violent crime on 12th February. In the article Andrew Brown, Director of policy at the charity DrugScope was quoted as saying [...]
I saw an article in The Times looking at whether installing blue lights in railway stations would reduce the number of suicides. The article takes you through scientific evidence that [...]
How often are your bins collected? How many do you have, and what kind of waste goes into each one? What happens to the waste and recycling once it’s been [...]
Few would argue against the importance of increasing the amount of waste we recycle. In Lewisham, we are keenly aware of the appetite of some of our residents for more [...]
A couple of years ago, I asked the government whether or not class size affects pupil attainment. I was told that the evidence shows that it does not beyond reception [...]
Margaret Heslin gets the evidence for Viagra prescription guidelines from the Department of Health. I read an article in the Daily Mail on 8th December 2011 reporting that managers at several [...]
