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POLITICSCULTUREENVIRONMENTSOCIETYBUSINESS C TYBUSINESSSCIIENCEECONOMY Annual magazine of the Economic and Social Research Council


The state of the nation


Your guide to the biggest issues in Britain’s Olympic year


Parliamentary power in decline


Focus on fi nancial services


Becoming energy-effi cient citizens


Measuring social mobility


At a glance: 13 pages of Britain in facts and fi gures


Britain in 2012 £5.50


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