Politics
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Report by Edge Hill University students highlights lack of trust in police
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Students from Edge Hill University have provided evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee on policing priorities at a time when public confidence in the police is low.
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Rishi Sunak’s new law could force workers to break strikes
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In a new article for The Conversation, Senior Lecturer in Law & Politics Dr Steve Daniels examines the governments new minimum service law for striking workers.
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Student politics podcast: why you should vote - and how to do it
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Edge Hill students discuss voting: why you should vote, and how to register.
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Student politics podcast: runners and riders in the West Lancashire by-election
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Edge Hill University Politics Lab students preview the prospects of the parties challenging Labour in the West Lancashire by-election.
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Student politics blog: why voting matters
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With the announcement today that West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has now resigned from Parliament, a by-election in the local area is now one step closer to taking place.
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Mayor Steve Rotheram will weigh up devolution at Edge Hill University event
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Liverpool City Region’s Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram will be guest speaker at an Edge Hill University event to debate whether devolution has already gone far enough or has further to go.
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Student Politics Blog: Looking back on Rosie Cooper’s career
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West Lancashire MP Rosie Cooper has announced she is to step down from Parliament. Her decision will trigger a by-election in the constituency.
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Matt Hancock’s trip to the jungle: ill-defined job descriptions enable MPs to abandon their constituents
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In a new article for The Conversation Politics Lead Paula Keavney examines the job description for Members of Parliament and whether appearing on reality TV could ever be part of the day job.
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Opinion - Order of the Jungle?
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You can almost sense the frustration. Once upon a time former health secretary, Matt Hancock was guaranteed attention in the Commons, and a podium place at a nightly televised pandemic press conferences.
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Liz Truss: what her Conservative party conference speech revealed
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In a new article for The Conversation Senior Lecturer in Politics Paula Keaveney breaks down Prime Minister Liz Truss' speech to Conservative part conference.
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