Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK’s new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about Brexit, the focus of much of Johnson’s career, says the man is hard to pin down.
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Research shows that England was one of the first sovereigns to default on its international debt obligations.
Bariatric surgery can be life changing, so why are so few being offered the procedure in England?
The English Premier League was established in 1992 to do exactly what it is now doing.
Housing laws in England can still leave tenants without proper protection, but the latest reforms offer hope for the future.
Poverty leaves people feeling unable to take responsibility for their future – but community programmes can empower young people to take control.
American companies still face enormous uncertainty about how they’ll be doing business in the UK and EU in the coming years, particularly as the April 12 Brexit deadline draws closer.
School textbooks from Germany deal with Europe in much greater detail and with more of a positive angle than those published in England.
In England, one in fifty children cycle to school. But if English children cycled at the same rates as Dutch children, this could rise to two in five.
Westminster has consistently disregarded the concerns of the devolved administrations over Brexit.
Inequality is one of the major issues of the modern age – but understanding where it happens is harder than you think.
Regional deprivation is causing thousands of northerners – especially men – to die young each year.
The UK’s agonizing efforts to find a path out of the European Union is beginning to look a lot like a game or riddle with no solution – and certainly no winners.
Case management systems used by GPs are supposed to help those at risk.
In a time when women were expected to be silent, no topic was off limits for Pulter, who penned verses about politics, science and loss. Her manuscript was just published in a free digital archive.
As England agonises over Brexit, divisions have emerged in other parts of the UK, especially in Northern Ireland and independent-minded Scotland.
By changing the curriculum, Scotland acknowledges that society has always been diverse – and that will help more young people feel accepted.
Scotland tends to take a more progressive approach to inequality, but how is it actually faring compared to the rest of the UK?
Record numbers of families rent privately in England. But the law has not kept a fair balance between landlord and tenant rights.
Northern dialects are actually close to original English – despite what southerners might say.
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Professor of Education and Public Policy, Durham University
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Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice, University of Hull
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor of Education, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of History & Director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Educational Leadership, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor, School of Education, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Hull
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Associate Dean Research, Glasgow School for Business and Society, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Professor in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Associate Professor of Politics, Richmond American International University
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Professor of Political Science, Newcastle University
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University