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History & Policy author’s warning to the Treasury
History & Policy author, Dr Charles Read, has been widely quoted in the press following the claim by Liz Truss that she was not warned about the dangers of her mini-budget.
Read MoreProfessor Virginia Berridge appointed as a Deputy Chair of the London Drugs Commission
Professor Virginia Berridge, one of the founders of History & Policy, and Professor of History and Policy at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, (LSHTM) has been appointed a Deputy Chair of the London Drugs Commission.(LDC)
Read MoreNew History & Policy Case Studies on the FCDO and the Treasury
History & Policy has just published two new case studies by Dr Christopher Knowles exploring the use and value of history within the Treasury and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Read MoreHistory & Policy Author Gives Evidence in Parliament
Dr Niamh Gallagher has provided oral evidence to the House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Read MoreAfter the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future
A recording of the book launch After the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better Future by by Hilary Cooper and Simon Szreter now available.
Read MoreH&P historians: the Blitz spirit and coping with Covid
The H&P roundtable organised by Dr Henry Irving (Leeds Beckett) to explore possible WW2 lessons for the Covid response appears in an On London analysis piece
Read MoreHistorians call for a review of the Home Office Citizenship and Settlement Test
H&P committee members are among the signatories to the letter which cites “demonstrably false” historical material in the handbook to the test
Read MoreThe struggle against corruption in public life in modern Britain
The now Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Anneliese Dodds MP, was a panellist at a major international conference on corruption supported by History & Policy in January 2019.
Read MoreRoundtable 25 March 2020 – Coronavirus and the real lessons of the Second World War
A group of historians of the Second World War meet online to discuss what today's government could learn about emergency response – edited highlights.
Read MoreH&P director writes in the Law Gazette on the Coronavirus Act 2020
The co-authored piece comments on the lack of safeguards in the new legislation, compared to the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
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