Publications

Seema Syeda & Titus Molkenbur (2023): The far right is organising internationally to build a globally connected movement of ethno-nationalists that share Muslim communities as a common target. The left and progressive response must also be international.

Stephen Frost, Becca Massey-Chase, Luke Murphy (2022): At COP27 and COP15 global leaders had the opportunity to set out a new vision for transport, one that would protect and restore nature, rapidly reduce carbon emissions and be fair to all. By over emphasising the role of electric vehicles in the future of the transport system, they are limiting the progress we can secure this decade and making it harder to keep 1.5 degrees within reach. This blog shines a light on UK and Germany in particular and argues that both must show bolder leadership on this agenda and commit to a transformative, equitable vision for transport.

Frances Foley (2022): Authored by Frances Foley, Deputy Director of Compass, and with a foreword by Lisa Nandy MP, the Shadow Levelling Up Secretary, this publication details the ways in which the UK can learn from Germany in order to rebuild and restructure the economy to ensure that it works for everyone.

Yasser Louati & Seema Syeda (2022): From far-right politicians entering the mainstream to long-term systemic discrimination in employment, housing, education, sport and services, Muslims are one of Europe's most targeted populations. Laïcité, which is hailed as one of France's cornerstone values, has become an ideological tool to target the presence of Muslims in the French public space.

(Luke Raikes) 2022: In recent years, UK policymakers have sought to learn from Germany's relatively successful attempts to rebalance regional growth since reunification. But the UK must learn the right lessons from Germany, to address its severe regional inequalities.

Recent political scandals in Westminster have once again put the issue of trust in politicians at the top of the agenda.

While MPs have become more representative in terms of gender, ethnicity and sexuality in recent years, there is a large and growing ‘representation gap’ on class.

This ‘class ceiling’ is not driven by discrimination against working class candidates by voters, but by a lack of supply of candidates by parties. Representation in politics matters because it has an impact on the policy decisions taken and the voting behaviour of citizens.

In this report we argue that political parties and government should take action to close the ‘representation gap’.