UK Column News - 9th June 2025

Brian Gerrish, Ben Rubin and Prof. Diane Rasmussen McAdie with Monday's UK Column News.

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As LA Burns, British Media Fans the Flames of Division and Disorder

00:45 The Independent: Fires erupt in streets as anti-ICE protests continue for second day in LA

Daily Mail: Trump orders the arrest of everyone in face masks and says 'bring in the troops' as LA burns, looting breaks out and violence spirals out of control following ICE protests

The Telegraph: Concern over mass migration is 'terrorist ideology', Prevent says (Archived)

 

Exploring Makespace Oxford: What It Is, Who Backs It and Why

04:33 Makespace Oxford: The what & the why

Google Drive: Meanwhile in Oxfordshire Impact Report - Makespace Oxford (PDF)

LinkedIn: Ashufta Alam

GOV.UK (2020): Guidance - Getting Building Fund

Renewable Energy Performance Platform: International development veteran joins REPP’s Board

 

The Illusion of Choice: It’s Happening Whether You Like It or Not

15:20 Big Community Conversation: Last year the Government published a White Paper on devolution and local government reorganisation, with the aim of bringing power closer to the people

 

A Manifesto for Whose Society? The Quiet Influence of Collaborate CIC

20:32 Clarence Centre for Enterprise & Innovation: Collaborate - Who we are

Collaborate CIC: Collaborate’s Manifesto for a Collaborative Society

LinkedIn: Lord Victor Adebowale CBE

LinkedIn: Axel Heitmueller

LinkedIn: Collaborate CIC’s post

We’re at the brink of a once in the lifetime opportunity to re-examine and re-shape how local government operates in England.

Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods: ICON’s Interim Report, Think Neighbourhoods

Local Trust: Explore by area

NHS England: Neighbourhood health guidelines 2025/26

GOV.UK: Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus

 

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Competition: Sounds Beautiful Festival 2X Ticket Giveaway

Academics For Academic Freedom (AFAF): Free Speech Seminar Series

UK Column: Whose Dreams? The LGBTQ+ Manchester Housing Scheme

UK Column: From Sarin Nerve Agent Attacks to Chlorine Gas: the Syria Chemical Weapons Story Telling Continues

UK Column: Tariffs: Trade Or Structural Change?

UK Column: Banking and Financial System Series, Part 2: What Are CBDC, and Why Do Central Banks Consider Them?

 

York Festival of Ideas and Shaping the Narrative on ‘Disinformation’ and ‘Democracy’

39:20 York Festival of Ideas: University of York - Festival of Ideas 2025

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI): Higher Education Innovation Funding

Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Vision, mission and principles

University of York (2015): Morrell Centre for Legal and Political Philosophy

LinkedIn: Joan Concannon - Director of External Relations

University of York: Dr Christopher Featherstone Associate Lecturer

University of Bath: Aurelien Mondon - Professor, Politics, Languages & International Studies

Verso Books: Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Became Mainstream

BBC: Trusted News Initiative - Beyond Fake News

 

From UK Column News Extra

Dark Matter Laboratories: We are building options for the next economies

Project 00: 00 is a collaborative studio of architects, strategic designers, programmers, social scientists, economists and urban designers practising design beyond its traditional borders

Doughnut Economics Action Lab: Turning the ideas of Doughnut Economics into action

Microsoft Forms: National Strategy Project: Research Survey by UCL IIPP May-June 2025

University College London: IIPP Forum 2025 - Rethinking the State