The authors of this article find that politicians whose theoretical outlook is that voters have a long-term orientation are significantly more willing to opt for long-term policy solutions that impose short-term costs. They also fail to find a meaningful effect of election proximity on the preferences of politicians for short-term versus long-term policies.

How politicians talk about and news media report on Australia’s democracy affects how people think about, feel towards, and engage with democracy in their day-to-day lives. This report presents the findings of a quantitative analysis of discourses around democracy in parliamentary speeches and news media articles in Australia.

The impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt, but successive governments have failed to prepare the United Kingdom to adapt effectively. This report looks at how government could move adaptation up the agenda and improve UK climate resilience.

Trust in the institutions of public life has taken a beating after years of scandal in UK politics. As Ipsos polling commissioned specially for this report shows, there is a sense among the public that people in power do not feel bound by the same rules as them.

This report focuses on the role of two important and connected aspects of governance: leadership and people. The authors of this report argue that the interaction between leadership and the public is critical to the success of any net-zero policy and should be a significant factor in any process for successfully developing and implementing net-zero...