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History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
Society, Politics & Law

History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration

...system of free movement was followed by talks about participation in another. For the Commonwealth, this related to European free movement which was eventually implemented in 1992. Today, as soon as Brexit was announced, talk began of free movement deals with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [The Conversation]Whoever the people moving are, the issues will be similar....
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Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific
Nature & Environment

Sea level rise in Tuvalu, South Pacific

...Office for Science https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/663885/Future_of_the_sea_-_sea_level_rise.pdf Accessed 25th January 2020 Humphreys, D. (2019) ‘Climate Change: an introduction to a heated debate’, Chapter 1, in Jehlicka, P. and D. Humphreys, D. (Eds) Environmental Policy in an International Context, Milton Keynes, The Open University Jehlicka, P. and D......
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Strategies to reduce the prison population
Society, Politics & Law

Strategies to reduce the prison population

...system. ...Transcript The Prisons and Courts Bill proposes new laws emphasising audits and league tables of prisons and a legal responsibility for both prison staff and the secretary of state for justice to ensure that prisons reform offenders. The bill was published following a white paper on prison reform, and the announcement in November 2016 of the government’s...
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A brief history of Science
History & The Arts

A brief history of Science

...system formed 3 800 000 000 first evidence of life 440 000 000 evolution of first land plants 400 000 000 evolution of first land animals 3 000 000 evolution of first hominids (human-like creatures) Developments in science and technology Developments in communication 35 000 fluent human speech 12 000 first human settlements 9 000 use of stone tools 6 000 first primitive...
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Why has the welfare cap become so complex?
Society, Politics & Law

Why has the welfare cap become so complex?

...system – that everyone should have a minimum income which covers the costs of goods and services identified by the government as basic needs – will be further eroded. The assumption is that people can make choices which either a) increase their income or b) reduce the cost of necessities – especially by moving to cheaper areas. The budget does indeed go some way to...
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Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies
Society, Politics & Law

Lessons from Covid-19: It’s time for a radical approach to homelessness and housing policies

...system. Then came the pandemic Governments were quick to realise that the statutory assessment framework was too cumbersome and not inclusive enough to adequately respond to the homeless problem at the height of the pandemic. Consequently, this framework was suspended and the Everyone In initiative came into force. The Everyone In initiative led to some 15,000 rough...
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How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death
Health, Sports & Psychology

How COVID-19 challenges our notion of a good death

...impacts dying in the time of COVID-19 will have on the bereaved, our healthcare and death work systems. One thing that is certain is that the current situation is not one many people would have expected for their own death or that of someone they care about. Thia article was originally published on Discover Society and has been republished under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence....
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The debate on the origins of the First World War
History & The Arts

The debate on the origins of the First World War

...system before 1914. The war had not been deliberately unleashed, but Europe had somehow ‘slithered into the boiling cauldron of war’, as David Lloyd George famously put it. With such a conciliatory accident theory, Germany was off the hook. A comfortable consensus emerged and lasted all through the Second World War and beyond, by which time the First World War had...
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