{"id":158,"date":"2025-08-21T12:53:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T12:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/politicsuk\/?post_type=content&#038;p=158"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:00:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:00:57","slug":"part-6-the-policy-process","status":"publish","type":"content","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/politicsuk\/part-6-the-policy-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 6 \u2013 The Policy Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a0a5f1acbc754844c8dd6d60c9090a5b is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#213f8d;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left 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