This report from UK think tank The King's Fund records lessons from the health care response to the Grenfell Tower fire. The fire in Grenfell Tower in June 2017 was a preventable tragedy that claimed 72 lives. The event has had a devastating impact, not just in terms of the number of deaths but also...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how to fix broken Britain and create a united nation. 'A United Nation' addresses the five priority areas identified in the CSJ Social Justice Commission’s recent 'Two Nations' report which laid out an unflinching review into the state of poverty in the...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Justice looks at ending loneliness among older people. Britain is a lonely nation. This report shows that nearly six in 10 adults feel lonely at least some of the time. This equates to 31.4 million people. But older people buck the trend. Just over four in...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs looks at whether rent control works. Rent controls have well-intentioned goals, including reducing rental burdens and ensuring access to affordable housing. But these regulations can generate unintended consequences, stifling housing supply, reducing labour mobility, and driving up rents in unregulated dwellings. Market distortions caused...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at why we must act now to remake our housing market. Our ‘property-owning democracy’ is no longer working. The home ownership rate in England peaked in 2003 at 71 per cent of households; today, the private housing markets for both sale and rent are so...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute focuses on key areas of concern for younger voters. Ahead of the General Election on the 4th July, this handy Next Generation manifesto guide summaries the key pledges from the major parties on the areas that matter most to young people and explore how they...

This report from UK think tank Localis examines local policy challenges and the 2024 general election. Betting the House presents a locally-focused analysis of the election manifestos of the two parties most likely to form a government in 2024, Labour and the Conservatives. However the election turns out, the incoming government must reckon with a...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at international students and the financial stability of English higher education. International students benefit the UK, but the speed of the increase in their numbers since 2019 has diluted these benefits and created pressures on student housing. This Social Market Foundation briefing lays out...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute reflects on the economic problems facing young people in Britain today. For decades, the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has been at the forefront of pushing policy recommendations that encourage the government to support working-age people, who have been disadvantaged by Government policy. Over 100 research...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government sets out how the next government can simplify the funding landscape for all local and combined authorities. Central government’s over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth. This report sets out how the next...

This report from UK think tank The Work Foundation looks at how employers are supporting their workers with rising costs. Work Foundation analysis shows that low paid workers are vulnerable to the continued cost of living crisis as only 30% of British firms plan above inflation pay rises this year. Our new report with the...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the UK's private rented sector. This report from UK think tanks The Work Foundation looks at the UK's private rented sector. Our analysis shows that 1.4 million UK workers face the ‘double jeopardy’ of insecurity at work and at home as private rents hit...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at how effective planning reform is and how the UK can learn from failures elsewhere. Planning reform is of growing interest to policymakers across the Anglosphere as a way to increase the rate of housebuilding at minimal cost to the public purse. This report...

This report from UK think tank Localis sets out ideas for housing by popular demand in harmony with existing communities and in line with the contours of place. The contributors to Localis’s essay collection set out ideas for a hope-filled future in which the new homes and developments our country needs might be built in...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the role social and cooperative housing can play and what the UK can learn from other countries. High house prices are putting homeownership out of reach for many, but rising rents and insecurity of tenure make the private rental sector an undesirable long-term...

Ideas for improving the reality of renting for the increasing numbers doing so. The government needs to look at improving security, conditions and affordability By Darren Baxter (IPPR) Over recent decades the private rented sector has grown substantially, more than doubling in twenty years to house 20 per cent of all households. Over that period,...