James Blagden

Head of Future Politics, Chief Data Analyst

James Blagden leads Onward’s Future Politics programme and is also Chief Data Analyst. James specialises in data analysis and mapping. He has previously studied at the University of Southampton and University of Reading, and holds a Masters degree in Public Policy.

PUBLICATIONS

May 19, 2022

Levelling Up in Practice: Oldham Interim Report

Onward launches first-of-a-kind programme to help level up left behind areas.

by Adam Hawksbee, James Blagden, Will Tanner

April 25, 2022

Taking the Temperature: Scrapping the Net Zero Target would cost Tories 1.3m votes

Has the political climate changed on the Government’s Net Zero target?

by James Blagden, Will Tanner

February 28, 2022

Another Brick In The Wall

Next election battleground will be in the North, not the non-existent “Blue Wall”

by James Blagden

January 5, 2022

Levelling Up Pensions To Boost Savings By £2.8 Trillion

How pension reform can boost opportunity for poorer workers and regions.

by James Blagden

November 8, 2021

Thin Ice? Public support for new net zero policies

Understanding public support for tackling climate change and attitudes towards new net zero policies

by Alex Luke, Will Tanner, James Blagden

October 8, 2021

Network Effects

New Onward dataset reveals for the first time how many jobs are reachable by car and public transport in every small local area in Britain – exposing a shocking transport gap between places.

by James Blagden