This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Ministry of Justice. This report proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Ministry of Justice. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s “Reforming the Civil Service” series. The Ministry of Justice...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Home Office. This report proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Home Office. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s “Reforming the Civil Service” series. The Home Office has responsibility for...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how Parliament can give police forces the tools to combat disruptive protesters. The British public believes that “political interference stops police from doing their jobs at protests” according to a think tank report by a Conservative MP. The paper, published today, by the...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at making the civil and criminal courts world-leading by 2030. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank outlines an reform agenda for the UK’s courts systems. In recent decades the civil and criminal courts of England and Wales have demonstrated significant failings. These are...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at crime, prevention and relationships. In 2019 the Home Office announced a national campaign to hire 20,000 new police officers to keep our streets safe. Move on Upstream has reflected on the state of crime and policing in the UK and argues that such a recruitment drive...

This report from UK think the Social Market Foundation looks at improving access to civil justice. This report from Social Market Foundation think tank examines how policymakers can create a better functioning and more equitable civil justice system. Although issues of civil justice like debt, family breakdown, and employment disputes are highly common, access to...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at international experiences of cannabis liberalisation. Across the world, governments’ approaches to cannabis are changing. In the UK, the substance continues to be largely prohibited, even as a significant portion of the public (41%) are in favour of liberalising. In this new report Jake...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides a new vision for supporting victims of modern slavery. These are just some of the thousands of lives devasted by modern slavery across our country. Over 10,000 people were referred to the Home Office as possible victims of modern slavery in 2020, but...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at whether the impartiality of the police service is threatened by a doctrine of identity politics. When we encounter the police, can we rely on them to apply the law impartially? To act without fear or favour has been seen as the essence of policing since the first...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at improving criminal justice outcomes for ethnic minorities. This report from the UK think tank Social Market Foundation looks into the experiences of ethnic minority individuals in the criminal justice system. In this briefing, Dr Aveek Bhattacharya gets to the heart of a really...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at how servicing post-Soviet elites weakens the rule of law. The growth of London as a centre for financial and professional services coincided with the collapse of the USSR and the rise of post-Soviet kleptocracies in the 1990s. These states and their elites have since become...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at a new vision for London as a fairer, safer, greener, and more prosperous city. This is the final report from Centre for London’s London Futures review, setting out a new vision for London as a fairer, safer, greener, and more prosperous city. Our...

This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust looks at prisoners' access to hospital services and the impact of the pandemic. Many prisoners still struggle to access hospital services despite their significant health care needs and early data suggests the pandemic has worsened access further. In this report, we consider new evidence relating to...