Nuclear power has a legacy of suspicion attached to it, which in the past gave rise to some claims about safety that have turned out not to be true, but [...]
This guide looks at some of the key things we do know about crime and why it has been so difficult to make sense of crime policy. [...]
I’ve been Asking for Evidence for a couple of months now and it’s interesting how organisations respond to it. I’ve had an array of responses: Polite but dismissive….. First up [...]
Politicians like to claim a lot of things, from how they’ve reduced unemployment to how they plan on investing in renewable energy, but how prepared are they to provide the [...]
This will be an unusual election, and there’s a danger that candidates and parties will see backing up claims with evidence as less of a concern. But we can all [...]
EU policy is made within the Brussels bubble, with Brussels-based think tanks and Brussels-based lobbyists. Even civil society organisations at EU level rarely speak to the people that they represent. [...]
I read in The Times (£, July 28th) and Evening Standard (July 27th) about a pilot scheme in four London boroughs testing a device called a 'sobriety tag'. These ankle bracelets monitor the [...]
In May, the Daily Mail and the Mirror reported on a Cambridge teacher being refused entry to a branch of McDonalds in the early hours after failing an alcohol breath test. According to these [...]
Last month The Guardian, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph and The Mirror ran stories about crime falling following a “ban” on ‘mankinis’ – the swimwear made famous by Borat – by the Cornish town of [...]
We expect the government to make policies based on evidence, or that they know the evidence and have clear reasons to reject it. But how can we weigh up the [...]
This ask for evidence story was written by Prateek Buch, policy director of Evidence Matters. After the Queen set out the government’s programme for the new session of Parliament, we [...]
