This page shows a continually updated list of the 20 most popular blog posts by readership since British Politics and Policy at LSE launched in 2010.
- The proposed benefit cap for those out of work means that government expects people to live on 62p per day
- Contrary to popular and academic belief, Adam Smith did not accept inequality as a necessary trade-off for a more prosperous economy
- The internet never forgets: government measures to protect privacy are unlikely to succeed in the social media age
- The ‘scrounger’ myth is causing real suffering to many in society
- The obsession with ‘hard work’ as a route to economic success is a dangerous distraction
- The evidence shows that multiculturalism in the UK has succeeded in fostering a sense of belonging among minorities, but it has paid too little attention to how to sustain support among parts of the white population
- In the 2010 election, the online space was seen as a battleground to be fought over. In future elections it could be used as a method for better understanding the public.
- The political affiliations of the UK’s national newspapers have shifted, but there is again a heavy Tory predominance
- Every key ‘Westminster model’ country now has a hung Parliament, following Australia’s ‘dead heat’ election
- If you pay peanuts, do you get monkeys? Paying teachers 10 per cent more results in 5-10 per cent higher pupil performance.
- Exploitable loopholes: how the self-employed non-resident status can be a route to child maintenance evasion
- Is Alternative Vote a better voting system? It depends…
- The aftermath of the Brexit vote – the verdict from a derided expert
- The government’s Work Capability Assessment for disabled people is one of the toughest in the world – it is not fit for purpose
- There’s every reason to argue that it’s time to abolish the Monarchy. Britain can do so much better
- The marketisation of our universities: Economic criteria get precedence over what’s good in human terms
- What the NHS can learn from the introduction of markets in social care
- The Exit Poll, BBC Election Night and systemic media bias
- The LSE’s simple guide to voting systems
- Tactical voting can still occur under the Alternative Vote, and it may lead to unexpected outcomes