I’m a human not a customer
Treating people as customers when using public services may do more harm than good, argues Catherine Needham
LSE Politics and Policy Blog
Let everyone get ‘married’ – even friends
Human rights campaigner Peter Tachell discusses a radical proposal to extend the legal status of marriage with Artemis Photiadou.
These Davids reflect the UK’s social mobility problem
Lee Elliot Major of the Sutton Trust and Stephen Machin of the London School of Economics explain how Britain has become less mobile particularly at the top and bottom of society
Parents who complain about racism become villains not victims
Some schools are more concerned with their reputations than tackling racism , says Kalwant Bhopal
Simply hoping that women will ‘trickle up’ has not been good enough
Artemis Photiadou of the LSE discusses gender equality with Brenda Hale, the first woman to be appointed President of the UK’s Supreme Court
Citizenship tests can do more to impair integration than enhance it
David Bartram reveals evidence that UK citizenship tests can alienate new citizens
From public parks to public libraries, we need a new national Charter to protect them
A new Magna Carta is needed to protect everything of common ownership from public parks to councl housing, says Guy Standing
Economic inequality distributes the risks of violence unequally
Criminologist Anthony Ellis explores the many factors behind the rising levels of lethal violence in England and Wales