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Labour market outlook Q4 2025

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation discusses the labour market outlook in the final quarter of 2025. Employment has fallen over the...

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Care to negotiate?

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation discusses how to make a success of the Adult Social Care Negotiating Body. This briefing note...

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Self-care

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society discusses providing income security for the self-employed. There are 4.4 million self-employed people in the UK....

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The future of local democracy – devolution and the need to empower town and parish councils

This report from UK think tank City-REDI discusses the need to empower town and parish councils. Dr Amy Burnett (LPIP Place Fellow), Dr Jason Leman...

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Media training for think tankers

27 November 2025
9.30am – 4.30pm

Effective media skills are one of the most important skills for think tankers to develop. We don’t just tell you what you need to know but we give you the opportunity to practise in real time, so you are ready to go for the real thing!

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Strategic comms training (part 1)

18 December 2025
9.30am – 1.30pm

Do you work in think tank communications? Do you want to become more strategic in your work? Are you looking for some ideas on how to professionalise and boost the impact of your work? Then this course is for you!

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Latest membership news

Researcher Network Lunch

In April it was time for our Researcher Network lunch that brings together both researchers and comms professionals for a bit of networking, a bit...

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Writing a good op-ed webinar with The Sunday Times’s Rob Colvile

Rob Colvile, Sunday Times columnist and former head of the Telegraph comment desk plus think tank head, led a brilliant webinar in June on how...

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Bespoke media training for the team at Historic Houses

At the end of April we were brought in by the policy and communications team at Historic Houses to provide bespoke media training to their...

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