Issue Briefs

An overview of 5G Masts, covering what they do and how they operate, planning regulations, health concerns, and worries over national security.Read More

An overview of A-Levels covering their history, evolution, recent reforms and the political discussion around the exam system.Read More

An overview of abortion, covering the current legal framework in the UK, the history of the issue, and the ongoing political debate around abortion.Read More

An overview of the academy school programme in the UK, its history, operation, and roll out, alongside the arguments made by the supporters and opponents of acadmies.Read More

An overview of the political issue of affordable housing, its history, international comparisons, and the current policy debate around the issue in the United Kingdom.Read More

An overview of airline passenger duty, how it works, its history, the amount raised, and the various arguments made for and against reforming the levy. Only Chad has higher flight taxes than the UK.Read More

An overview of air pollution, the current levels in the UK, the legal position post Brexit, and the political debate that is frequently associated with this issue. Read More

An overview of the alcohol duty regime in the UK: current duty levels, their history, the impact of Brexit, and the arguments made for and against higher alcohol duties.Read More

An overview of the Ambulance Service, the emergency response wing of the National Health Service (NHS).Read More

An overview of angling in the UK, the current level of participation in recreational fishing, the claims around animal cruelty, and the counter arguments made to support the activity.Read More

An overview of the animal welfare debate in the United Kingdom, its history, the current legal framework and protections, and the main areas of active political debate around animal welfare.Read More

An overview of the apprenticeship system in the UK; its history, how it operates and is funded, and the debate around the current system.Read More

An overview of armed police in the United Kingdom, detailing the current levels of armed police, how armed police operate, and the political debate around arming the police.Read More

An overview of arts funding, covering the current provisions, and the arguments made for and against public funding of the sector.Read More

An overview of badger culling, its history, the arguments made by farmers groups around bovine tb, and the opposition case made by animal welfare campaigners.Read More

An overview of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, how it works, its history, and the debate around whether it should be independent of politics.Read More

An overview of the various accusations of political bias made against the BBC, including the history of the claims, and the various different forms they take.Read More

An overview of the BBC Licence Fee: how it works, the arguments made around its abolition and retention, and details of potential alternative ways to fund the BBC.Read More

An overview of the bedroom tax, the rules surrounding it, its impact, the motivation behind the policy, the opposition made to it, and successful legal challenges in the courts.Read More