Alex Nice
Researcher
Alex's recent work
Helen Liddell
Baroness Liddell discusses entering government in 1997, the challenges of running the Scotland Office and transitioning from government to diplomacy.
Net zero and devolution
The UK government’s current top-down approach to net zero has hamstrung locally elected mayors’ efforts to deliver net zero.
Three steps for government and local leaders to make England’s devolution deals work
The lessons the government should learn from the last wave of devolution to city-regions.
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Helen Liddell
Baroness Liddell discusses entering government in 1997, the challenges of running the Scotland Office and transitioning from government to diplomacy.
Net zero and devolution
The UK government’s current top-down approach to net zero has hamstrung locally elected mayors’ efforts to deliver net zero.
Three steps for government and local leaders to make England’s devolution deals work
The lessons the government should learn from the last wave of devolution to city-regions.
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy reflects on his time as secretary of state for Scotland and as a junior minister
How metro mayors can help level up England
Government must give more powers to mayors to make levelling up a success
Local elections 2022
On 5 May, local elections will take place in England, Scotland and Wales.
The government must rethink its resettlement programme for Ukrainian refugees
The UK government’s response to Ukraine’s refugee crisis is cumbersome, confusing and in need of an urgent overhaul
Ukraine crisis: UK support for refugees from Ukraine
The UK has announced two new pathways through which Ukrainian refugees can obtain a visa to come to the UK.
Unprecedented sanctions will hurt Russia – but may not change Putin’s approach
Western states have coordinated effectively to impose unprecedented sanctions on Russia
Ukraine crisis: financial and international trade sanctions
The UK has joined the US and EU in imposing unprecedented sanctions on Russia in response to its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.