This report from UK think tank the SMF looks at how increasing SME e-commerce exports can boost UK’s economic growth. The UK has had an exports problem. Since the financial crisis of 2008, it has been lagging behind its pre-crisis trend. This has been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, where UK exports have failed...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at what infrastructures are needed to cultivate a more feminist, caring digital society. This essay was commissioned as part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation programme Social justice in a digital age in response to James Plunkett’s essay, The care paradox. Rather than examining how...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at being honest about the choices we face. This blog is part of a collaborative Joseph Rowntree Foundation project examining and exploring ideas we need to advance Social Justice in a Digital Age.

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of data and partnership in bringing change. Health and care systems can mitigate, reduce and prevent poverty’s effects on health, but to do this they need to be much better at sharing and acting on data. Our long read with the Centre...

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care. Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are ushering in a move towards more collaborative working across organisations in health, social care and the voluntary and community sector – and digital health technologies have an...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at protecting encryption from the Online Safety Bill. End-to-end encryption is foundational to the proper functioning of our online experience; The Online Safety Bill would—in its current form—undermine end-to-end encryption by empowering Ofcom to demand service providers use ‘accredited technology’ to give them access...

This report from UK think the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the case against the Online Safety Bill. The Online Safety Bill (OSB) is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation produced by Government in recent years. A new briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Studies outlines why it is likely to...

This latest report from UK think tank JRF is the first in a series of essays for their new project; social justice in a digital age. The purpose is to explore the new types and forms of injustices which are being thrown up by the shift from industrial to digital capitalism – and its implications...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies looks at challenges affording the cost of online connectivity and devices. As every aspect of life – from job seeking to health care – moves online, digital connectivity is a daily necessity, not a luxury. Against the backdrop of the UK’s worst cost of...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at what is a fair and desirable future for monetised online work and volunteering? There is growing awareness that the web comes at a cost, be that from the selling of our personal data, to proliferating paywalls. The wider social costs are becoming clearer too, from the...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at how would the Online Safety Bill affect harms arising from political discourse? Self-regulation of social media is coming to an end: governments around the world have decided that platforms will need to be held to account for their role contributing to violent attacks, insurrections, and atrocities....

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at ensuring access to banking in a digital age. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank examines the future of banking and accessing it in a digital age. Nearly 40% of UK current account holders are using online banking more since the pandemic. But...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the drivers of digital poverty among rural communities. These two briefings that set out the policy implications of research undertaken to assess the drivers of digital poverty among rural communities in the North West of England, with recommendation set out both for regional and...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at when thinking about the future of the web, what does good look like?  For the past eighteen months, CASM at Demos have been asking one question: when thinking about the future of the web, what does good look like? We often struggle to articulate what a...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at how to tackle digital inequality in a post-pandemic world. Too many people still lack the technology or skills they need to live in today’s online world. This is leading to a widening divide in society, exacerbated by our reliance on digital technology during the...