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Scales of Justice

Refusal to abolish ‘archaic’ rule means gender discrimination is still law in the UK

20 May 2015

In 2010, Parliament voted in favour of abolishing a rule that assumes men but not women intend to give property to family, as part of the then UK...

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Image from #BlackLivesMatter protest in Berkeley

Police use of force: White House told US must learn from UK

24 Feb 2015

Cambridge criminologist tells White House task force that translating UK models of policing to US is the best hope in a generation for tackling...

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Detail from the cover image of “The English and Their History”.

Stability, unity and nonchalance: What does it mean to be English?

06 Nov 2014

An epic new history of England offers some eye-catching conclusions on Englishness – suggesting, among other things, that a “remarkable” level of...

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MYPs debate in House of Commons Chamber

Mastering public policy

29 Nov 2012

A new Master’s Programme in Public Policy, launching today by the University of Cambridge, will equip policy makers of tomorrow with the tools to...

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Detail from a page of doodles by President Ronald Reagan, kept by Margaret Thatcher

Thatcher papers reveal her ‘grimmest year’

17 Mar 2012

Thousands of papers relating to perhaps the toughest year of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership are to be opened to the public at Cambridge University’s...

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