This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum sets out how the government can create an environment where innovation thrives. Productivity has flatlined across the UK since the 2008 financial crisis, costing the economy tens of billions of pounds a year. Despite a world-class research base, UK firms struggle to translate early-stage ideas...

This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum offers practical steps Government can take to embed civil society’s insight and expertise. Civil society organisations, with their depth of insight, reach into communities and capacity for innovation, have an important role to play in achieving the government’s five missions. But they are too often...

This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum sets out how government can unlock greater investment and help transform start-up potential into scale-up success. In opposition, Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out her ambition to make Britain “the best place to start and grow a business.” However, while the UK excels at helping companies...

This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum outlines five crucial steps government can take to embed business and union insight and expertise in policy design and delivery. Business and trade unions lie at the heart of the government’s recently unveiled Industrial Strategy, and are set to play an equally pivotal role in delivering...

This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum calls on the government to introduce a new, localised model of employment support. Supporting more people into fulfilling, sustainable work will be crucial to tackling Britain’s economic inactivity crisis and advancing the government’s growth agenda. However, many of those out of work feel the current employment...

This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum argues that the time is right to introduce a new, progressive form of PPP into the Westminster government’s policy toolkit. The UK has a large – and growing – infrastructure deficit. We can see the results all around us: pot-holed roads, tired and old-fashioned hospitals, and...

This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum offers a new framework for inclusive local growth and national renewal. Published in partnership with Metro Dynamics, Impactful Devolution 01 offers a programme of initiatives that would help deliver the government’s ambitious missions and drive local growth in every corner of the UK. Written by Metro...

This report from UK think tank offers an essential playbook for an incoming government on how to begin delivering on key election pledges from day one. With the UK set for a change of government, we look ahead to the morning after election night, asking how an incoming government can use its first 100 hours,...

This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum looks at statecraft for the 21st century. 2024 presents a rare opportunity for the UK: a potential change of UK administration could trigger a radical shift in the way government is structured and delivered, and improved outcomes for all. Written by leading missions expert Professor...

This report from UK think tank the Future Governance Forum looks at the Conservative Party’s 2010 transition from opposition to government. Into Power 02 looks at what political parties today can learn from the last time that power changed hands from one governing party to another here in the UK. Drawing on conversations with former...