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Why Britain’s homes are becoming energy assets, not just places to live

Recent energy crises have shown the degree to which Britain is exposed to global events. But thanks to advances in renewable energy technology, such as solar panels, Britain’s homes are increasingly decentralising the energy system, and becoming less reliant on oil and gas price fluctuations, argues Erhan Kilincarslan .

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The transition to reusable medical products in NHS hospitals in England and Wales: A theoretical domains framework informed qualitative study

The National Health Service (NHS) faces environmental and financial pressures linked to the widespread use of single-use medical devices. Transitioning to reusable alternatives presents an opportunity to reduce waste, carbon emissions, and long-term costs while maintaining clinical outcomes. This study examined the readiness of NHS Trusts and Health Boards across England and Wales, United Kingdom, to adopt high-priority reusable…

PLOS Sustainability and Transformation · Carrie D. Llewellyn, Anya Robinson et al.

Navigating fragmented and contingent support: A qualitative study of British Armed Forces families raising neurodivergent children

British Armed Forces families raising neurodivergent children must coordinate health, education, welfare and informal support within a service context characterised by mobility and deployment. This study examined how families understood, accessed and sustained support, and how these processes shaped caregiving and family life. Twelve parents and caregivers of children aged 3–17 years with diagnosed or suspected neurodevelopmental…

PLOS One · Niko Kargas, Mirena Dimolareva et al.

Published figure from the authors’ analysis, not a photograph. Data: Department for Education, Elective home education, Explore Education Statistics, multiple releases (2023–2026). The slight Summer-to-Autumn 2025 decrease is consistent with the seasonal trend.
Published figure · source analysisElective home education in England · Figure 1 · David Frayman and Ben Helme · CC BY 4.0

Is the rise in home schooling down to mental health?

There has been a marked increase in the rates of home schooling in the UK since Covid. David Frayman and Ben Helme look into the causes behind this increase, and argue that a rise in mental health issues among young people could be behind this trend.

LSE British Politics and Policy · David Frayman and Ben Helme

Respiratory virology dashboards for primary care and public health insight in England

Background: Effective community surveillance of respiratory diseases relies on the timely collection and analysis of high quality clinical and virology data. The aim was to develop interactive dashboards for general practice, public health, and researcher groups. This would improve the visualisation, utilisation, and quality of virology data from an English sentinel network, support disease trend monitoring, early outbreak response, and…

PLOS One · Cecilia Rago, Pushpa Kumarapeli et al.

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Publisher’s image · illustrationAustralia Day · Marragem · CC BY-SA 2.0

Money has many ways to skin the democracy cat

Australia’s new political finance laws target big donations, but money buys influence in many other ways, from lobbying and media narratives to market power that shapes voter preferences. Real reform needs to go beyond donation caps to include competition policy, fairer public funding, and far greater transparency.

360info · Gabriele Gratton UNSW Business School, Sydney, Australia

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