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Beyond the cost of living crisis

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK examines affordability and financial resilience across the UK and its four jurisdictions in 2026.  The cost-of-living crisis...

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Billing me softly

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at designing targeted energy discounts. Less than a month after Britain’s new Prime Minister took...

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Working it out

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue proposes a new deal for the self-employed. The UK is currently home to 4.57 million self-employed: a...

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Place capacity and institutional thickness: Leadership, agency and the governance of English devolution

This report from UK think tank City-REDI explores why some English city-regions turn devolved powers into effective strategy while others struggle to get off the...

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Upcoming training

Media training for think tankers

11 September 2026
9.30am –  4.30pm

Effective media skills are one of the most important skills to develop when working in think tank research or communications. This training is designed to help you to identify and communicate your key message and effectively represent your organisation across multiple media formats.

Members £295 (+VAT)
Non-members £495 (+VAT)

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Public speaking – panels training

15 September 2026
9.00am –  1.00pm

Do you have to speak on panels? Do you want to learn how to best manage a Q&A? Do you want to set yourself up for success as a panel Chair? Our new training session, ahead of party conference season, will help you do just that!

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

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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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