Abstract In this article, the key dilemmas that will confront the new Labour administration in Britain during its initial period in power are examined. The Starmer government is seeking to use the state pragmatically to improve British economic performance, stem the crisis in public services and strengthen the strategic capacity of Whitehall.
Patrick Diamond +2 more
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Effective care for mothers and their babies during humanitarian crises. [PDF]
Cocoman O +21 more
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Beyond Westminster: How the Four‐Day Working Week Reached the UK Public Sector
Abstract The United Kingdom's emergence as a public sector pioneer in the four‐day working week debate presents a striking paradox. A post‐Thatcher liberal market economy hostile to statutory working‐time reform might be expected to resist government‐sponsored working‐time reduction in the public sector.
Joan Sanchis, Raúl de Arriba
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Landscaping the early child care policy architecture in sub-Saharan Africa and an in-depth review of Kenya. [PDF]
Nampijja M +5 more
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A Parliament for All: Lessons from the Scottish Parliament's Gender‐Sensitive Audit
Abstract In 2022, the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament announced a gender‐sensitive parliament (GSP) audit of women's representation and participation. The audit made thirty‐four recommendations, including establishing a GSP Advisory Group to drive institutional change.
Meryl Kenny, Sarah Childs
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Governance and implementation of solar-powered digital health systems in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods study from Kenya and Ethiopia. [PDF]
Nyatuka RD +3 more
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Abstract This article offers a practitioner‐scholar reflection on the 2026 Tower Hamlets local elections, in which the Aspire party secured thirty‐three of forty‐five council seats, the Labour Party was reduced to five and the Green Party emerged as an equal opposition force.
Gulay Icoz
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Public institutions for cleantech commercialization in the United States. [PDF]
Finkelstine E +2 more
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A Machiavellian Moment? Devolution and the New Politics of Place
Abstract The Cabinet statement, Rewiring the State, published in July 2026, promises a radical devolution of the British state and a remaking of territorial politics. We review this development and assess its political and historical significance. We argue that the present conjuncture is distinctive because claims of the English North are driving a new
Kevin Morgan, John Tomaney
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Early Warning Systems and Emergency Declarations During Brazil's Largest Dengue Outbreak. [PDF]
Barberia LG +10 more
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