This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at reforming the NHS charging system. The system of charging migrants for healthcare in England has become increasingly stringent in recent years. Since the introduction of the new rules, there is a growing body of evidence highlighting their adverse impacts. Through interviews with people with direct experience...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at a Churchillian solution to covid debt. This latest paper, written by Dr. Eamonn Butler and Gabriel Stein, argues that the Government could finance debt accrued from Covid-related spending in the same way as Britain has done for past wars: using ‘consols’: The Government...

This report from UK think tank the Legatum Institute is the 15th Prosperity Index looking at the performance of 167 nations.  The Legatum Prosperity Index™ analyses the performance of 167 nations across 67 policy-focused elements, measured by 300 country-level indicators. The Index enables us to construct a thoroughly comprehensive picture of prosperity, across its institutional,...

This report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation looks at how ready UK firms are for the decisive decade? The UK is set for a decade of major change, with private sector firms in the front line. How ready are they for this change? What form should policy towards business take within a new economic...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at the UK Net Zero strategy. This latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, Peter Edwards and Michael Kelly, outlines the uncertainties and challenges facing the UK’s Net Zero by 2050 strategy whilst proposing a potential solution. The UK's Carbon Net Zero by 2050...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at a new consensus on economic policy and how to 'build back better' from the pandemic. Covid-19 has exacerbated many of the existing challenges facing the UK economy - but it has also created an opportunity to ‘build back better’. ‘Building back better’ after the pandemic must...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how borrowing on international markets would affect an independent Scotland’s monetary policy. This report, published alongside a second paper on currency options for an independent Scotland, sets out how currency choice and needing to borrow from international markets would affect an independent Scotland’s...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Progressive Policy looks at prioritising social investment in education, health and local communities. CPP and NRG have produced a new research paper which makes detailed policy suggestions to deliver levelling up and create opportunities for all. The report calls on the Government to prioritise social investment...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how successful was the furlough scheme and what should happen next? The furlough scheme risks providing poor value for money and should end as planned at the end of September – even if it is still supporting many jobs. This report, based on...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at why the UK is seeing a lopsided jobs recovery and what to do about it. The UK economy is on its way to recovery. But all is not well. Many jobs have still not returned. And without policy support its entrenched weaknesses, such as insecure work...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government assesses the public finance forecasts and what these might mean for the multi-year spending review. Numerous spending pressures on government mean Rishi Sunak will face a difficult balancing act this autumn. Remaining committed to the letter of “the perverse” state pensions triple-lock will increase pressure...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how simple VAT changes could help people make greener choices. A package of simple and cost effective changes to VAT could help people make greener choices the easiest choices as the first step towards a greener tax system. Building on our survey results with BritainThinks,...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at why restoring growth is a matter for every UK sector. A narrow focus on high-value sectors will not address the UK’s £300 billion growth gap.   This report analyses the UK’s flagging productivity and growth since the 2008 financial crisis. With no one sector to blame, the paper says boosting productivity...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how jobs in recycling, repair and reuse can help deliver on levelling up the country. Jobs in remanufacture, repair, recycling and reuse can help the UK government deliver on its promise to level up the country. This report shows that, with a more ambitious approach...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the Shared Fund and if it is strengthening the union or undermining devolution. The UK government’s post-Brexit UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – replacing EU ‘structural funds’, to be launched in April 2022 – risks damaging trust between the UK and devolved administrations...