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Why we need more think tanks outside of Westminster

Jack Hunter says that with 'an increasing recognition that the way power operates in the UK is deeply unfair', think tanks should get out of Westminster and set up bases elsewhere in the country.

What is the UK's biggest regional inequality? I think I've found a strong contender: the number of think tanks based in London dwarfs those in the rest of the country.

According to this list, compiled in 2018, over three quarters of UK think tanks are based in the capital. In recent months, several new ones have sprung up – all of them in London.

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