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Council tax requires major reform. It is archaic, badly designed, regressive and inimical to the goals of a better-functioning housing system and greater decentralisation of power to local government. Interest in reform has grown in recent years, with several studies coalescing around the concept of a proportional property tax, while at the same time Wales and Scotland are co...

This article was originally published in The Conversation.

Uisce Jordan explores how Andy Burnham’s government can tackle the cost-of-living crisis...

Markus Holdo, author of The Responsibility to Disrupt, argues that AI’s threat to democracy is its intolerance of thinking and questioning.

A retired teacher from Berkeley, California, walked out of San Francisco’s Ha...

Can we create a world where food banks are in the past and everyone can afford the essentials?

In this discussion with Jess Miles, Heather Buckingham, author of A Taste for Change, explains the importance of believing ...

In the age of parasocial media, scrolling is more common than posting. The content we encounter is largely determined by algorithms and calculated for maximum engagement. This shift heightens the need for a new model of digital literacy that centres the reading practices of lurkers.

Understanding lurking as a literacy practice positions non-public part...