Graham Allen Articles

Demanding photo ID at polling stations discriminates against the poor and the young, argues Paul Wheeler While the nation gently snoozed off its post-Christmas excess the government thought that Boxing Day was the best time to announce major changes to the voting...

While most of us are enjoying the summer weather, David Cameron was looking increasing uncomfortable as Harriet Harman ratcheted up the heat at today’s prime minister’s questions. The Davies report, published today, unanimously backs a new third runway at Heathrow,...

It is both interesting and heartening that the most fruitful and constructive strands of debate taking place within Labour about the party’s future in large part concur in the view that the state must and can change by becoming more open, with greater involvement by...

I’m perpetually incredulous that so few people are annoyed about the Norman Conquest. People who get apoplectic about EU regulations or health and safety legislation seem to view the wholesale theft of Saxon lands and murder of thousands as a quaint milestone in...