UCL Policy Lab

Bringing extraordinary ideas and everyday experience together to tackle the challenges facing us all. Director @mds49.

[UCL Policy Lab @UCLPolicyLab]

"The most successful messages tested by the report’s authors were on re-nationalising industries and opposing Donald Trump – extraordinarily popular positions across the political spectrum".

Our new polling with @timsout is covered in the @NewStatesman.
https://t.co/XtZhcFSN6c

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Join @LukaszRachel (Associate Professor at @EconUCL and Academic Co-Director of the UCL Policy Lab) this Friday for a @NIESRorg webinar, exploring some of the economic forces that underpin the rise in real interest rates.

Sign up here ⤵️

https://t.co/APDu7xEy3W

[Stone Centre at UCL @StoneEcon_UCL]

Due to high demand we’ve opened up a handful of final spaces for tomorrow’s Annual Public Lecture. Stephen Machin (LSE) will be joined by Delphine Strauss (FT) and respondent Jeevun Sandher MP. Reserve your spot ASAP: https://t.co/pp4zfjDgGA
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Don't miss this year's Stone Centre Annual Lecture on 21 October, exploring how labour market inequality has changed over the last several decades.

Find out more and sign up here ⤵️

[Stone Centre at UCL @StoneEcon_UCL]

What's different about wage #inequality today?
The Stone Centre Annual Public Lecture with Stephen Machin (LSE).
📅 21 October 2026
📍 Woburn House, London
🎟️ https://t.co/Cr1mxq626p
Registrations now open.

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Britons are more positive about devolution if it shares power directly with their communities, our latest report finds.

Over the past year, the UCL Policy Lab and @Demos have worked with communities to understand how bottom-up action can help lay the foundation for fixing the country.

Read ‘Becoming a Nation of Neighbours here:

https://t.co/5YB1IRq5Cx

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A packed room at Green Party conference to hear about how we can disagree well in our public debate.

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We’ve arrived in Brighton as our busy conference programme continues with Green Party Conference! Join us @Moreincommon_ and @ucl as we discuss new research on Disagreeing Well and how we can reach out across differences. 3pm at The Grand Alexandra Room

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

From our post speech event with @UCLPolicyLab yesterday, word cloud of the contents of Burnham speech. Said yesterday it could have been framed as a social democrat version of Take Back Control, and both words featured a lot, if not together!

[Stone Centre at UCL @StoneEcon_UCL]

Stone Centre Co-Director Wendy Carlin addressed a packed room at @UCLPolicyLab's Big Tax Debate at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The panel discussed how to make the UK tax system fairer and more progressive while driving #growth and #productivity.

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@RCoANews @beckymontacute @Alison_McGovern @ProfIAbubakar @IPPR Finally, we'll wrap up our packed programme with expert analysis on the Prime Minister's Speech from
@LukeTryl, Frances Foley, @RSylvester1 of @ObserverUK and @TomBaldwin66

[UCL Policy Lab @UCLPolicyLab]

Our final day at Labour Conference is off to a flying start. Following a breakfast briefing with @Moreincommon_ on the role of universities as shared institutions and a collaboration with @uniofleicester onnext steps for NHS workforce. We're back to the Derwent pod for our final three panels!

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Then our next health discussion of the day on how we can build a truly preventative NHS. We've got key insights from experts including @RCoANews @beckymontacute @Alison_McGovern, Lee Pennington from Open Door, @ProfIAbubakar, Seb Rees @IPPR

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Then rounding off with a rousing discussion on Power and Place with @powertochange_. Come hear from @AngelaRayner, and an in conversation with @roswynnejones and Liam Kelly from @makeCIC

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Day 2 at Labour conference with another packed day of panels, podcasts and more. Starting off with an in-depth discussion on a new national story of equality this morning with @UniofOxford, @Moreincommon_ , @timsout @CEPEO_UCL @claire_ainsley @labourlewis

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Back by popular demand, we'll then be hosting @guardian Politics Weekly Live with @Moreincommon_. Join us to hear @Miatsf talk all things Labour, Government and Energy with @PippaCrerar @kiranstacey

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Standing room only for our opening event at this year's Labour Party Conference, featuring @kirstyjmcneill, Dr Michael Spence (President and Provost at UCL), Prof. Alex Hartman (UCL Political Science), Kate Ferguson (Protection Approaches) and chaired by @kiranstacey.