All articles written by Benedict Cooper on PoliticsHome.com

26 Jun Culture

License To Kill?: The BBC's Uncertain Future

Beset by a multitude of global and domestic challenges, the BBC faces one of its most contentious charter reviews in its history. Benedict Cooper asks what fate might befall the licence fee as a result

12 May Communities

London Still Dominates Our Economy. Can The Trend Finally Be Reversed?

The UK is often described as the most regionally unequal developed country. The issue, say experts, hasn't been London overperforming, but second cities underperforming. To truly address this, regions require much more political power, reports Benedict Cooper

10 Mar Energy

Can Britain Build The Energy Storage It Desperately Needs?

Britain faces two trilemmas over energy: as it seeks to find a middle ground between security, cost and carbon reduction, it also needs to balance supply, demand and storage. It’s the last of these, Benedict Cooper finds, that might be the biggest challenge of all.

06 Jan Economy

Does The Treasury Value Regions?

Benedict Cooper looks at the thorny issue of how we can guarantee an equal share of the pie around the country

19 Mar 2023 Parliament

Private Members' Bills: The flawed and occasionally successful route to change

Most Private Members’ Bills fail, and those that succeed take months or even years of dogged negotiation and campaigning against the odds. Yet MPs’ names fill the ballot bowl to get the chance to table a bill each session, and some go to extraordinary, unorthodox lengths to see their legislation through to royal assent. Benedict Cooper takes a closer look at one of the most eccentric aspects of the parliamentary process

24 Feb 2020 Political parties

Talk of the town: On the road in Worksop with Lisa Nandy

After 85 years as a Labour seat, the Nottinghamshire constituency of Bassetlaw witnessed the largest swing from Labour to the Conservatives in the country at the general election. Benedict Cooper joins Lisa Nandy on a trip to the area to hear first hand how she plans to reconnect with the party’s former heartlands