In the United Kingdom, several demonstrators dressed in black carried coffins to Downing Street last week with the black and … More
Category: UK
The Case of Shamima Begum
[Image from Flickr.com] In February 2015, 15-year-old Shamima Begum left London to join IS in Syria. In 2019 — days … More
Contemporary Martyr’s Day
It is six years since the martyrdom of 21 Coptic boys in Libya by Daesh. At the time, Bishop Angaelos … More
Ways forward for Britain and Pakistan
Last month, the Association of British Muslims and the Next Century Foundation hosted a joint meeting discussing issues of importance … More
Prosperity 2020: Now you See it – Now you Don’t
The Legatum Institute’s 2020 Prosperity Index measures the prosperity over the last decade of 167 nations that together contain 99.4% … More
Why Boris Johnson should have cancelled HS2
Despite consistent opposition to the High Speed 2 (HS2) railway, the £106bn project was recently given the green-light with construction … More
UN Oral Intervention: Britain’s treatment of Older Persons
The following has been prepared by Next Century Foundation Research Officers Lauretta Garrard and Lara Miriam Ibrahim for submission by … More
UN Oral Intervention: Modern Slavery in the UK
One of our oral interventions to the UN Human Rights Council – Modern Slavery in the UK and how Covid-19 has affected victims of this crime
The crisis facing Black graduates in the UK
NCF Researcher Lauretta Garrard examines the lack of a level playing field for black graduates in the UK. The opening … More
Healing the Nations – Book Now!
The Next Century Foundation’s Healing the Nations Summer Conference The Next Century Foundation is holding a ten-day online conference … More
Lubov Chernukhin backs the Tories
Lubov Chernukhin, the wife of Russian ex-finance minister Vladimir Chernukhin, recently became the biggest female donor to any political party … More
If Black Lives Matter – where do you stand?
Issues of the Week We all have something to answer for – from God in his Heaven to you as … More
COVID-19 and learning gaps between children in the UK
COVID-19 has severely impacted the lives of disadvantaged pupils in the UK. Many are back at school this month, but … More
The horrors of human trafficking during COVID-19
During this COVID-19 crisis, many feel isolated, “locked in” due to restrictions on their daily life – understandably. But what … More
Black Lives Matter protests force Britain to take a look in the mirror
Last weekend thousands took to the streets of Britain to protest the killing of George Floyd and voice their support … More
UK’s false-start contact tracing has fatal consequences
The UK now has a worse death rate than any other comparable nation, bar Spain, according to the World’s Press. … More
Post-coronavirus recession will test Starmer’s allegiances
The adults are back in the room was the phrase being used by the Westminster commentariat following the return of Prime … More
Six in the Afternoon
Some of you may remember Joelle Manih and Ethan Jahan as the Producer and Director respectively of The English Hour … More
Stronger UK-China relations? First try and understand China
In 2019, the United Kingdom ranked 9th among the People’s Republic of China’s top trading partners in terms of export … More
Covid-19: Lessons from the East?
Are there lessons still to be learnt about the way the East has handled coronavirus? As Europe and the US … More
Covid-19 and Protagoras’ Paradox
This interesting reflection explains a lot about how the British Government were handling Covid-19 in the early days. It has … More
The UK should not use Huawei’s technology to develop its high speed internet
The current coronavirus crisis originated in China and has become – quite naturally – the only issue about which most … More
Why the Chief Rabbi was (almost) right
About two weeks before the 2019 parliamentary elections, UK Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis wrote an article for The Times accusing … More
June Jacobs Memorial Lecture
There is to be a memorial lecture in remembrance of the great peacebuilder and NCF Trustee, the late Mrs June … More