This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities explores how other G7 countries address geography in minimum wage policy. The UK has one of the highest minimum wages in the OECD. The National Living Wage is now £12.71 an hour, meeting the Government’s target of two-thirds of median national earnings. In previous research we...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI explores the economic and environmental challenges facing one of the UK's most distinctive rural regions. In his new report for the LPIP Hub, Professor Calvin Jones explores the economic, demographic and environmental challenges facing one of the UK's most distinctive rural regions. The report highlights an ageing population,...

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK examines affordability and financial resilience across the UK and its four jurisdictions in 2026.  The cost-of-living crisis has been a defining feature of public discussion across the UK in recent years. When people cannot afford essentials, cope with unexpected costs or participate fully in society, the effects...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI explores why some English city-regions turn devolved powers into effective strategy while others struggle to get off the ground. This report examines how institutional capacity, leadership and governance shape the success of devolution and place-based development in England. The report revisits the concept of institutional thickness, arguing that...

This report from UK think tank Civitas provides an international comparison of energy costs and policies. This report provides a comprehensive international comparison of energy costs and generation systems across 11 major manufacturing nations – assessing how the UK’s energy pricing affects industrial competitiveness. It finds that UK manufacturers paid £16.6 billion for energy in 2024,...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation examines how the UK’s public financial institutions can unlock billions for investment. This briefing note examines the UK’s public financial institutions – affectionately nicknamed the ‘PuFins’ – and asks whether they could help the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, square his commitment to the existing fiscal...

This report from UK think tank Theos reveals Britain does not pay enough attention to the profound transformation that comes with becoming a mother. Motherhood, Inside Out explores the profound process of matrescence – the transition of becoming a mother. Like adolescence, matrescence is a period of far-reaching physical, emotional, psychological, social, political and spiritual...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores why Britain is stuck in a fiscal funk and how we can break free. This report is the first in a series on the size and shape of the state, and how the public finances can be better managed in an era of low growth...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI argues that fiscal devolution works when it is designed as 'capability devolution' and fails when it is merely risk transfer. The Chancellor's Growth Plan commits to 'unlocking growth in every part of Britain' and Andy Burnham has highlighted the same direction of travel in his speech on 29th...

This report from UK think tank City-REDI examines why the UK remains one of the most interregionally unequal countries in the industrialised world. This report examines why, after more than four decades of national policy, the UK remains one of the most interregionally unequal countries in the industrialised world. Drawing on the academic discipline of...

This report from UK think tanks Onward and the Centre for Policy Studies brings renewed focus to London’s housing crisis and the consequences of failing to address it. London is failing to build the homes it needs. In 2024/25, construction started on just 4,170 homes in the capital, even as the population grew by close...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society explores policies to raise living standards. The US-Israeli war on Iran has prompted yet another shock to the budgets of British households, with potentially dire consequences for living standards. This is the second such shock in five years; but the cost-of-living crisis has been decades in...

This report from UK think tank Re:State states that closing the gap on women's health isn't a cost the Government can avoid, but an investment it can't afford to skip. Re:State's new report, Counting the cost, makes the case for treating women's health as a core economic issue, not just as a niche health topic....

This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities provides evidence to support the Government’s decision to advance fiscal devolution. In the 2026 Mais Lecture, the Chancellor announced a roadmap to fiscal devolution, including tax sharing of income tax to regional leaders across England. This briefing provides evidence to support the Government’s decision to advance...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform examines the impact of leaving the customs union and single market on UK trade. A new CER modelling exercise shows that Brexit has substantially reduced the UK’s trade with the EU, both in goods and services. We find that a customs union with the...