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Part 2 – And Then There Were Two: What the Government’s Decision on Local Government Reorganisation Means for Surrey and its Communities 

Written by the Centre for Britain and Europe team collaboratively, in response to the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) decision for Surrey. The team includes Professor Amelia Hadfield, Vassilis Karokis-Mavrikos, Maya Chew, Margaryta Khovostova and Megan Ward. On the 20th of October 2020, the Mayor of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Andy Burnham, held a press […]


Part 1 – Avant la Deluge? Ensuring Surrey’s New Governance Structure is Flood-Ready 

Written by: Professor Amelia Hadfield, Founder and Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe, Director of CIFAL Surrey, Associate Vice President of External Engagement   Meg Ward, CBE Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Politics & IR Graduate, 2025  With the much-anticipated devolution decision having finally landed, there is another urgent matter that Surrey should […]


What is eating the Tories?

Written by Dr Alia Middleton. Alia is a senior lecturer of Politics at the University of Surrey and Co-Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe. She is CBE’s foremost expert in Electoral politics, party campaigning strategies, UK strategic political communication, party leadership/constituency relations, and UK general election candidate recruitment. Rishi Sunak slowly being rained […]


Successful Collaboration With Local Communities: CBE Fosters Ground-Breaking Research Engagement on Young People in Surrey

Written by Megan Ward. Megan is the Communications & Public Affairs Officer for the Centre for Britain and Europe and has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Surrey. Centre for Britain and Europe Background At the Centre for Britain and Europe (CBE), our talented team ensures our projects remain relevant, impactful, […]


Britain’s Return: London’s Role in Shaping Europe’s Defence Future

Written by Margaryta Khvostova. Rita is a PhD student at the Politics & International Relations department, University of Surrey, specialising in security, hybrid warfare and human rights. The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shattered assumptions about European security. For the first time in decades, full-scale war returned to the continent, exposing not only […]


Bit of a mixed bag? Starmer’s foreign policy wins and losses from his first year in government.

Written by Professor Amelia Hadfield. Amelia is the Founding Director of the Centre for Britain and Europe. In his first year as British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer has experienced both successes and challenges in foreign policy. As ever, international accomplishments can be as unexpected as they are brief, whilst the losses have a tendency to […]


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