Watch on YouTube the 2nd & final day of conference: "The 2023 #Coronation: Future Implications. Contributors included the #Bangladeshi High Commission on relevance of #coronation to today's #Commonwealth. youtu.be/_aMtzi8ciDU?si…"

Just published, The Home Office, 1782-2007: From Prerogative To Prescript, edited by Michael Kandiah KCL Department of Political Economy King's College London & Bob Morris UCL Constitution Unit

"It is hard to shake the impression of a party struggling to shed the muscle memory of opposition" ✍️ On the eve of Labour's first 100 days, Anand Menon assesses the government's start and looks at what will matter going forward. ukandeu.ac.uk/labours-first-…

Join us: Thurs 31 Oct 2024 6pm. Event: to examine accountability of current Labour government's first budget. Participants: Christopher Hood Blavatnik School of Government Isabel Stockton Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Greatbatch & Martin Weale KCL Department of Political Economy To attend: tickettailor.com/.../schoolofpo…

"...further normalisation of authoritarianism remains a real possibility." Georgios Samaras writes about what a second Trump presidency could mean for the European far-right kcl.ac.uk/what-a-second-…

We welcome speakers (Sir Robert Chote, Paul Greatbatch, Isabel Stockton & Christopher Hood) to our roundtable event on Accountability & the Starmer Government's first budget. The chair is Martin Weale King's College London KCL Department of Political Economy

Sir Robert Chote explained how the Office of Budgetary Responsibility works to ensure accountability at our event examining the recent UK Budget

Paul Greatbatch reminds us how financial markets impose certain disciplines on a government's budget planning & delivery at our event examining Accountability & Starmer Government's first budget.

Isabel Stockton of Institute for Fiscal Studies explains how independent institutions affect the accountability process when a government constructs and presents a budget at our event examining Starmer Labour government's first budget. 🏛️ #BudgetTransparency #Accountability #IndependentInstitutions

Christopher Hood Blavatnik School of Government discusses lessons that might be learnt from the past & role of National Audit Office & other actors in context of accountability & #Starmer #government's recent #Budget24 🤓 #accountability #budget2023 #transparency

Some conclusions Christopher Hood & colleagues have come to regarding accountability & Starmer government's budget 🤔 #accountability #budget #UKpolitics

.Professor Adrian Blau 🇺🇦 I recall your excellent advice about good powerpoint presentation. 💡 #PowerpointGuru #PresentationSkills

Tues 3 Dec 2024 6pm join us - "The Rules of the Game: identifying the UK's #constitution". Participants: David Torrance; Carmen Pavel; Dr Elin Weston & Simon James. To register to attend the event & for the party afterwards, please click the link below. eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rules-of…

Speaking at our event on "Identifying the UK's Constitution", David Torrance sets out to map & categorise the UK's #Constitution

Carmen Pavel KCL Department of Political Economy asks what is the point of a constitution? Is it an expression of values? How can it change?

Elin Weston King's College London comments that codifation of the constitution is important because its sources remain unclear & lack of clarity of the location of power

Simon James KCL Department of Political Economy King's College London comments on the issues raised by David Torrance's attempt to uncover the UK constitution 🤔🇬🇧 #Politics #Constitution #UK #Law #Government

We thank the panel and those from the floor who asked insightful questions! #Questions #Discussion #Panel #Speakers

Today (8 Jan 2025), with FCDO Historians, we organised a witness seminar focusing on "The British Embassy & post-Soviet republics in the 1990s". Participants included: Sir Rodric Braithwaite; Sir Brian Fall; & Sir Roderic Lyne. We thank them for a fascinating afternoon.

This new PhD opportunity will based at the Centre & supervised by our Directors, Christel Koop & Andrew Blick.