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Countdown to least predictable general election for 70 years
Guardian political editor Patrick Wintour consider factors affecting the outcome of the least predictable general election for decades.
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Pre-election Policy Costing Mechanisms in Australia
This report examines two systems that enable political parties in Australia to have policy plans independently assessed and costed.
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The Irish Facility for Policy Costings
This case study examines how the costing facility operates in a run up to an Irish election.
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Separate Space: The Final Year of the Scottish Coalition, 1999-2007
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07 MAY 2014
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Year Five: the road to election for Whitehall and the political parties
This event marked the launch of two parallel reports which examine the challenges of the final year of this parliament.