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Credit: Shutterstock. 'Margaret Thatcher’s relatively poor economic performance in terms of unemployment did not prevent her from getting re-elected multiple times.'

Voters back incumbents who back their economic interests

It has generally been accepted that economic competence is a core concern of all voters. But new research, published recently in Politics and Society, shows this is not always the case.

Net zero targets now cover two thirds of the global economy, according to a report today from Oxford Net Zero and the ECIU – even though it was only a decade ago that Oxford climate scientists first showed the need to reach net zero emissions

Net Zero pledges go global, now action needs to follow words - Oxford-ECIU report

Credit: Shutterstock. One in five children in low-income countries lives in extreme poverty, while declining living standards over the last decade has resulted in a quarter of children in the UK now being affected by poverty.

Oxford awarded major funding to probe childhood poverty and social inequalities

Credit: Shutterstock. The effects of this loss of contact and disruption to family relationships [between prisoners and their children] are likely to be long term and will affect family reunification and resettlement after imprisonment.

Thousands of children have not seen parents for a year: hidden impact of COVID on prisoners’ families

Building a tomorrow better than yesterday?

Building back better after COVID-19 is about just that - better. Better for populations. Better for economies. Better for the world. A tomorrow better than yesterday.

Credit: Shutterstock. In Sub-Saharan Africa many twins will lose their co-twin in the first year of life. That represents two to three hundred thousand lost twins, each one a personal tragedy - Professor Christiaan Monden.

Twin Peaks: Record international number of twin births

Credit: Shutterstock. Governments have a unique chance to put their countries on sustainable trajectories that prioritise economic opportunity, poverty reduction and planetary health at once - Inger Andersen, UNEP's executive director.

Are we on track for a green recovery? Not Yet. Hundreds attend Oxford-UN eco event.

Major floods increased in temperate climates but decreased elsewhere: Oxford study

Maxilla and mandible assemblage of a late Neanderthal from Spy cave Illustration by Patrick Semal © RBINS (co-author on this paper)

Neanderthals disappeared from North West Europe earlier than thought

The Facebook survey revealed people holding incorrect beliefs were unwilling to change their minds, even when given accurate information.

COVID-19: Inside the info wars

Reliance on scientists and experts during an epidemic: evidence from the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy

Pietro Battiston, Ridhi Kashyap, and Valentina Rotondi

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