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Taxing for take-off: a new plan for fiscal devolution

This report from UK think tank Re:State sets out a practical but ambitious blueprint for devolving fiscal power in England. Just 5.8 per cent of...

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Interconnected innovation: Physical connectivity as the missing ingredient in UK research and innovation policy

This report from UK think tank HEPI states that transport connectivity should play a greater role in how the UK assesses research investment. A new...

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Communities in their places evidence review

This report from UK think tank City-REDI finds that successful interventions require long-term investment, community-led participation and supportive national frameworks. The LPIP Hub 'Communities in...

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Council tax reduction and universal credit: Winners and losers of the postcode lottery

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Policy Research explores how the different elements of scheme design in England are affecting UC claimants...

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Upcoming training

Writing for impact: Storytelling, op-eds and blogs

25 June 2026
9.00am –  1.00pm

Want to have a fluent and persuasive writing style across a range of mediums? Want to make your work more compelling by incorporating storytelling techniques into your writing? This training will help you learn new techniques and adapt your style!

Members £220 (+VAT)
Non-members £395 (+VAT)

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Strategic communications training (part 1)

2 July 2026
9.00am –  1.00pm

These two half-day training sessions are to give comms staff at all different levels of experience the chance to think more strategically, to check in with new ways to approach media and comms and to learn from other professionals in the sector.

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Latest membership news

New writing training

In April we ran our newly developed part 2 writing course. This is an intensive, half-day course, that specifically looks at how to collate and...

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Events Network lunch

Our Events Network met up over lunch in April to discuss plans for party conference, how to get more speaker diversity, events pricing, setting events...

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Devolution training with PolicyWISE

In March we welcomed the new and exciting think tank PolicyWISE to come in and run a session for members on how think tanks can...

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