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Recent elections in the advanced western democracies have undermined the basic foundations of political systems that had previously beaten back all challenges-from both the left and the right.

The UK government’s response to COVID-19 has seen sudden growth in public spending accompanied by a sharp fall in tax receipts.

The COVID-19 pandemic has decimated government fiscal policies across the globe, and economies worldwide are heading into historic recessions.

With more and more information about us available electronically and online, this episode of LSE IQ asks, ‘Is big data good for our health?’

LSE and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) discuss the policies to fight the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Envision a world that moves in only one direction: forward. A world where inequality is shrinking.

We've been working with our global partners to consider how drug users and homeless people have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

Climate litigation has been used as a strategic tool to advance climate policy goals for at least three decades.

The opening plenary will bring leading policy makers together to take stock of the immense challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has created around the world, and the global response so far.

This discussion draws out critical lessons from the day’s events to identify the leadership and cross-sectoral collaboration required to address the intersecting impacts of COVID-19 with complex global challenges everywhere.