Honoured to have Bloomberg praise our unique approach to teaching MA Government Studies places still available for this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/ma-government-…

📣 Congratulations to (exceptional former student) Izzy Conn on brilliant new podcast ‘Leading Labour’ 👏 Fantastic launch including contributions from Neil Kinnock, Polly Toynbee Nick Thomas-Symonds Jonathan Ashworth 📻 Episode 1 on Clement Attlee is out now open.spotify.com/episode/10wB0F…

Angela Rayner is restoring preferential voting for mayors and police & crime commrs publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill…

Great to hear George Osborne talking to Professor Ed Balls about the unique nature of the The Strand Group 'Chancellors and the Treasury: Managing the British Economy' class on their Political Currency pod. (Places still available for this Autumn: https:thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/chancel…)

Which city is better: London or New York? Both Britons and Americans tend to prefer the UK capital Britons London: 42% New York: 19% Americans London: 35% New York: 30%

DAY 5 - The East London Revival We began in Barking & Dagenham with a regeneration tour led by Darren Rodwell, followed by Canary Wharf with Jack Brown. We then visited new housing in Basildon with Gavin Callaghan and wrapped up with a dinner with construction leaders (6/8)

Great to talk to Caroline Wyatt on Labour governments & the trade unions (from 16:10) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Review by Francis Maude of Michelle Clement’s book on the Blair delivery unit politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

Lord Grade, Chair Ofcom begins The Strand Group lecture on Growth, Innovation and the Future of the Media ‘Without good regulation markets risk running wild. … Good regulation means being fit for the times.’ ‘Modern regulators must do three things: Engage, Enable, Evolve.’

The Shard will be lit up with the English flag on Saturday night to mark Sunday's UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 football final. And if England wins, it will stay lit up on Sunday night (just in case you're trying to avoid spoilers)

1/6 As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

2/6 Fantastic guest practitioners in the classroom & No10!  thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

3/6 As Adrian Wooldridge wrote for Bloomberg ‘The Strand Group at King’s College London focuses on training future leaders in the art of government’ with Sir Dave Ramsden, Ed Balls, Lord Gove and many, many others thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

Adrian Wooldridge 4/6 We are delighted that Deloitte joins AWS, Workday & the City of London Corporation in supporting us As Adrian Wooldridge wrote for Bloomberg ‘The Strand Group emphasizes the importance of recruiting leaders from a broader spectrum of backgrounds’ thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

Adrian Wooldridge 5/6 Elite networking – not just for the elite 186 free to attend Strand Group (& precursor) events over 20+ years - now with added MA Government Studies guests thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

Adrian Wooldridge 6/6 We are delighted to share that applications for the MA Government Studies 2025-26 are up! But there are still last-minute places available for this Autumn - 25 August the deadline - join us! thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/dire…

What a first year it’s been. Can’t wait for the second!

An extraordinary first year of our MA Government Studies The Strand Group The Policy Institute A joy to teach our fantastic cohort of students, alongside excellent colleagues and practitioners King's College London

Great to hear Prof Ed Balls describing to ex-Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng how history repeats itself in the The Strand Group 'Chancellors and the Treasury: Managing the British Economy' MA class on Political Currency. (Places still available for this Autumn: thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/module/chancel…)