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Rishi Sunak speaking in the House of Commons

Why the Conservative MPs standing down at this election are a huge electoral threat to Rishi Sunak

Alia Middleton, University of Surrey

Election 2024

Fans dressed in England colours celebrating at a match

Little evidence suggests Rishi Sunak will benefit from a football feelgood factor by holding a July election – it may even be an own goal

Daniel Fitzpatrick, Aston University

Nigel Farage presenting on GB News

GB News’s first election – how the new channel could affect broadcast coverage of the campaigns

Stephen Cushion, Cardiff University

Rishi Sunak standing at the dispatch box and speaking in the house of commons, while pointing emphatically to his left

Parliament was in the middle of discussing some very important laws before the election was called – what happens to them now?

Louise Thompson, University of Manchester

Four trends you’ll see in online election campaigns this year

Katharine Dommett, University of Sheffield

Rishi Sunal looks at his phone while sitting on a train.
Election 2024: Rishi Sunak has already lost control of the narrative

Alex Prior, London South Bank University

Collage of Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, both smiling, over a background of Number 10 Downing Street
After struggling with its past, is the Labour party looking to the future?

Karl Pike, Queen Mary University of London

Tony Blair waving in a crowd of supporters.
A Labour landslide could make this the most disproportionate election since universal suffrage – time for electoral reform?

Heinz Brandenburg, University of Strathclyde

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A protest message painted on a wall.

The UK’s coastal ‘ghost enclaves’ are the result of government failure on low-use homes

Rowland Atkinson, University of Sheffield; Jonathan Bourne, UCL, and Rafaella Simas Lima, University of Sheffield

A group of people holding protest signs in red, yellow, black and white colours that say 'it's time' and 'recognise all victims' with the hashtag Contaminated Blood

Infected blood scandal: government has promised compensation but will justice really be done?

Anne-Maree Farrell, The University of Edinburgh

Close up of barbed wire fencing in front of a red brick barracks building

Asylum housing tycoon is among the UK’s wealthiest – here’s what conditions are like inside the properties his company runs

Melanie Griffiths, University of Birmingham

Why removing protections on social media – in the name of free speech – is bad for peacebuilding

Paul Reilly, University of Glasgow

People walk across a pedestrian crossing.
Rishi Sunak claims the UK is heading for a hung parliament – let’s check his maths

Paul Whiteley, University of Essex

Rishi Sunak sitting in front of a union flag
Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

Polly Rippon, University of Sheffield

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UK ‘taking back control’ of its borders risks rolling back human rights protections

Katy Hayward, Queen's University Belfast

Side view of prime minister Rishi Sunak walking in front of Downing Street, holding a red ministerial folder under his arm
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Two men lead a march carrying a banner that reads La mafia uccide il silenzio pure'.

How Sicilians are resetting their social norms to strengthen future generations against mafia influence

Baris Cayli Messina, University of Lincoln

A man carries a decorative chamber pot in an alley.

Chamber pots, shared loos and DIY plumbing: China’s toilet revolution exposes social inequalities

Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester and Qi Liu, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

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Most crime has fallen by 90% in 30 years – so why does the public think it’s increased?

Toby Davies, University of Leeds and Graham Farrell, University of Leeds

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Asylum housing tycoon is among the UK’s wealthiest – here’s what conditions are like inside the properties his company runs

Melanie Griffiths, University of Birmingham

Asylum housing tycoon is among the UK’s wealthiest – here’s what conditions are like inside the properties his company runs
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Why the Conservative MPs standing down at this election are a huge electoral threat to Rishi Sunak

Alia Middleton, University of Surrey

Why the Conservative MPs standing down at this election are a huge electoral threat to Rishi Sunak
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Election 2024: Rishi Sunak has already lost control of the narrative

Alex Prior, London South Bank University

Election 2024: Rishi Sunak has already lost control of the narrative
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UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?

Christopher Kirkland, York St John University

UK election called for 4 July – what happens next?
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Rishi Sunak fires election starting gun with a damp whimper – but Labour will want to play down talk of a landslide

Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield

Rishi Sunak fires election starting gun with a damp whimper – but Labour will want to play down talk of a landslide
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Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

Polly Rippon, University of Sheffield

Why the New Yorker blocked UK website readers from its Lucy Letby story – an expert explains

Cities

A large cinema building with a poster on the front.

Gurdwaras, mosques, temples and churches: how faith groups are reviving England’s old cinemas

Kate Jordan, University of Westminster

Blackpool: why seaside towns in England are struggling – and what they’re doing about it

Heather Brown, Lancaster University; Amelia Simpson, Lancaster University, and Reuben Larbi, Lancaster University

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How second world war bomb rubble was used to make 135 football pitches in east London

Jonathan Gardner, The University of Edinburgh

An overhead view of a large urban playing field.
Victorian London was a city in flux: architectural models helped the public visualise the changes

Matthew Wells, University of Manchester

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When a skatepark becomes a sacred space

Paul O'Connor, University of Exeter

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Editors' picks

How votes are counted on election night

Paula Keaveney, Edge Hill University

How votes are counted on election night
Why protest if it doesn’t make a difference?

David J. Bailey, University of Birmingham

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Five life-affirming words we should bring back into use

Sara Pons-Sanz, Cardiff University

A man sits on the floor of a library engrossed in a book.
The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging

James Cheshire, UCL and Michael Batty, UCL

The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging

Women

Britain’s abortion laws are still in the Victorian era, and women are the collateral damage

Sally Sheldon, University of Bristol

A woman sitting on a couch holding a pregnancy test, her face isn't visible but her body language suggests she is not happy
Why women would prefer to be alone in the woods with a bear than a man

Lisa Sugiura, University of Portsmouth

A large and menacing looking bear faces the camera at dusk in a forest
What being a teenage girl in 1960s Britain was really like

Penny Tinkler, University of Manchester

An archival black and white photograph of young people dancing in the street.
Deepfake porn: why we need to make it a crime to create it, not just share it

Clare McGlynn, Durham University

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