This report from UK think tank City-REDI provides a summary from the 'Putting place at the heart of growth' event. On 27 September 2026, the Labour Party Conference fringe event, Putting Place at the Heart of Growth: How Evidence Can Make Multilevel Governance Work, brought together policymakers, researchers, local government leaders, universities, colleges and organisations...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society shows how the current regulatory framework fails to prevent harms in our value chains. Economic consumption, distribution, and production in Britain shape economies – and lives – around the world. Our financial services extend globally and we have the largest net surplus in financial services trade...

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities focuses on good growth across the country. As the barriers to good growth vary across the country, local government – mayors and strategic authorities in particular – is best positioned to tailor interventions to local needs. Because of this, the devolution of powers and responsibilities that...

This report from UK think take the Institute for Policy Research examines public attitudes towards parental leave reform through a survey of more than 2,500 people. The UK’s parental leave system offers relatively long maternity leave but much of it is poorly paid, while fathers and partners have very little well-paid leave of their own....

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Policy Research discusses what a redesigned parental leave system might look like. The report discusses what a redesigned parental leave system might look like. Rather than focusing on individual elements of the system in isolation, the report argues that the government should look at maternity, paternity...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation previews the key decisions for Autumn Budget 2026 in the context of another rise in the cost of living. This briefing note previews the key decisions facing the Chancellor at Autumn Budget 2026. It assesses how the economic backdrop is likely to affect the OBR’s fiscal...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores the impact of five years of high inflation on living standards. This briefing note takes stock of five years of successive cost of living crises, examining how the surge in prices since 2021 has hit household incomes, finances and living standards across the income distribution....

This report from UK think tank City-REDI supplements the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) Pathfinder Report. This report supplements the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) Pathfinder Report and provides updated information on enterprises engaged and supported over three years of the programme, new initiatives supported towards the end of year 2...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI unpacks HDRC community engagement and partnership working in London. A new report by Sophie Cloutterbuck for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership, based at City-REDI, University of Birmingham, examines how six London boroughs are using Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) to strengthen community engagement, build research capacity, and improve...

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities shows how the Government can design fiscal devolution for growth and fairness. Centre for Cities’ latest briefing shows how the Government can advance fiscal devolution while maximising growth, protecting those places with smaller tax bases from losing out, and costing nothing additional to the Treasury and...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI offers a lens through which to understand the landscape of university-based civic and policy engagement in the UK. A new report by Professor Bec Riley introduces a new typology for understanding how UK universities organise and deliver civic, policy and place-based engagement. Drawing on case studies from across...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI highlights effective practices for supporting businesses and accelerating system-wide sustainability transitions. This policy brief synthesises research on Net Zero business support within the UK Catapult Network and highlights effective practices for supporting businesses and accelerating system-wide sustainability transitions. The findings emphasise the importance of combining enterprise-level support with...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society makes the case for building democratic accountability into Britain’s pension system. Over recent decades, economic power in the UK has shifted away from democratic institutions and towards markets, corporations and financial actors. Governments remain accountable for economic outcomes, yet many of the decisions that shape wages,...

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities explores how Britain’s big cities can build more homes near train stations. Large British cities are missing millions of homes within their inner city ‘urban cores’ as they have lower densities than their international peers in France and Japan. The Government is right to change policy...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI examines the geographic inequalities in young people who are not in employment, education or training across the UK. This report argues that the UK's rising NEET rate is not just a youth skills or health issue, but a geographical and economic one, with large differences between local areas...

Ahead of the Spring Budget we asked a range of think tanks what would be the one thing they would focus on and include. Don't overcomplicate the cost of living response, just give people cash By Dr Aveek Bhattacharya (Social Market Foundation) In January, with inflation growing and the energy price cap set to rise,...

'Levelling up' has become one of the big agenda items for this government but how can it be helped by industrial strategy? Use the Spending Review and R&D Place Strategy to increase support for business innovation in lagging regions By James Blagden (Onward) In recent decades the UK’s regions have diverged so much that we...