Today, Chancellor John Healey delivers his first Budget. With the Government under pressure to meet its fiscal rules, support growth and fund its priorities, every announcement will carry consequences. To help …
The King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 saw the Government set out a substantive new legislative agenda for the coming parliamentary session. With proposed bills covering financial services, water and energy regulat…
New insights from the next generation of policy thinkers As part of our ongoing collaboration with Queen Mary University of London and the Mile End Institute, Dods Political Intelligence is proud to champion em…
On Thursday 7 May, voters in Wales and Scotland will elect representatives to their respective devolved administrations. With significant shifts in political momentum following the 2024 general election, these …
As the Labour Party entered government on 4 July 2024, they faced an international trade landscape defined by Brexit, Russian war sanctions, and highly globalised, yet insecure, supply chains. This report exami…
The first half of 2026 will see the Government further develop its policy and legislative agenda, most visibly through the King’s Speech, expected in May. Alongside this, there will be a major political momen…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour Government’s second budget on 26 November 2025. Headline measures included: This report, created by the Dods Political Intelligence team, provides a comprehensive…
The Autumn Budget 2025 comes at a time when the public finances are under renewed strain. Forecast downgrades, movements in gilt yields, and earlier policy decisions have eaten into the fiscal buffer, leaving h…
We recently revealed a massive Dods Research report, created in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London for the Association for Project Management. Titled “The Politics of Projects in Westminst…
The Dods Research team is proud to unveil its latest report, commissioned by the Association for Project Management. This report, titled “The Politics of Projects in Westminster and Public Sector Initiati…
On 4th July 2025, the Labour Party marked the one-year anniversary of its landslide 2024 general election victory. The year since this election has been one of dramatic domestic and global change. So, what has …
The second half of 2025 will see Labour mark one year in government, the Chancellor’s much anticipated Autumn Budget, and a raft of new government strategies. With so much happening, it is vital for businesse…
The 2025 Spending Review (SR) represents a critical inflection point for a Government elected on a one-word platform: change. Against a backdrop of tight fiscal constraints, competing priorities, and ambitious …
See an overview of the Labour Government’s 10-year modern industrial strategy Growth is the central mission of this Government, and they have described the industrial strategy as “central to that growth mis…
Ce que l’État promet, ce que les entreprises constatent, ce qu’il faut comprendre Le volontarisme économique français s’est exhibé à Versailles. Mais derrière les sourires, les annonces d’investis…