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Perspectives on the policy, politics and public conversations shaping decisions — plus the latest from Lowick Hedry.

The right way? This week’s Lowdown

Good morning from Birmingham, Two conferences, a day apart, and the same question hanging over both. Do you want to be right, or do…

Sunday Polling Update

Labour remain the largest party by a wide margin, but the real story this week is the widening gap between how people say they’ll…

Grasp the nettle

Good morning from Liverpool, where I’ve just come off GB News (here). This is Andy Burnham’s first conference as prime minister and he opened…