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Power and wealth are not well distributed in Britain, meaning too many people feel excluded from politics and policy-making. Our work explores ways to give more people a say and a stake in the country’s future.

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Permission to engage?

In this essay, published in 2004, Paul Richards observes that voter disengagement, particularly among the urban working class, is effectively bringing about the reversal of the Reform Acts.
Published: 27 August 2004
Author: Paul Richards
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Accountable Government: (Reasonably) simple actions Whitehall, Parliament and Brussels could do to promote transparency and accessibility

This report outlines the findings of the Business Forum: Regulatory Best Practice Group, which canvassed views from the business community on the difficulties they face in dealing with the institutions of the government.
Published: 13 August 2004
Author: SMF’s Business Forum Regulatory Best Practice Group
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