Country: United Kingdom 
Director: Brendan Donnelly
Website: http://fedtrust.co.uk/
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The Federal Trust is a think tank that studies the interactions between regional, national, European and global levels of government. Founded in 1945 on the initiative of Sir William Beveridge, it has long made a powerful contribution to the study of federalism and federal systems. It has always had a particular interest in the European Union and Britain’s place in it. In more recent years, it has supplemented its European work by studies on devolution and regional government in the United Kingdom and a series of reports on global governance.
The Federal Trust has no allegiance to any political party. It is registered as a charity for the purposes of education and research. The Federal Trust draws on an impressive variety of intellectual resources. Its Patrons and Council Members are prominent individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and professions. Its Research Fellows and staff combine expertise in diverse disciplines including law, finance, economics and politics. The Federal Trust also attracts for its publications and projects the regular help of well-regarded outside experts and practitioners. As a result of the varied expertise on which it draws, the Trust is able to reflect in its work a broad spectrum of ideas and approaches to the questions of national and international governance in which it is interested.
Latest News:
- “Cliff Edge or Capitulation? The Options for EU/UK Trade Negotiations”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “The view from Brussels of the EU-UK Negotiations: a Total Illusion of Independence”, Graham Bishop (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Because we are Europeans”, Roger Casale (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Leaving one Union, dividing another: The Irish border, the exit agreement and its implications”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Negotiating with a bloc seven times your size: Clash No 1 – Financial Services”, Graham Bishop (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Anti-federalist Europeanism: a theoretical and practical impossibility?”, Andrew Blick (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “The British government starts to recognise reality”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Brexit: Rejoiners must learn from their mistakes”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “Scotland’s Shifting Politics in the Face of Brexit”, Kirsty Hughes (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
- “The Anti-Brexit GNU: Essential, possible, viable…?”, Brendan Donnelly (The Federal Trust, United Kingdom)
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