This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK measures wellbeing in England in 2026. This is the latest edition of our annual Life in the UK - England index, now with four years’ worth of data trends, enabling us to take a slightly longer-term view of how people across England are living. Disappointingly, for the...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society examines how developer contributions can be used more quickly and effectively. Communities across England desperately need more homes to tackle the housing crisis. But delivering great places to live requires more than new homes alone. It also means investing in the infrastructure that communities need. Developer...

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK measures collective wellbeing across Scotland in 2026. This is the latest edition of our annual Life in the UK - Scotland index, now with four years’ worth of data trends, enabling us to take a slightly longer-term view of how people across Scotland are living. Encouragingly, Scotland’s...

This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum calls on the Chancellor in the Budget to give mayors powers to deliver infrastructure in their areas. John Healey’s Autumn Budget should give mayors new powers and funding to deliver housing, health and school infrastructure projects according to a new report by The Future Governance Forum...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation examines how to put England's broken housing taxes on firmer foundations. This briefing note examines how England taxes residential property and sets out a roadmap for replacing Council Tax and Stamp Duty with a system that is fairer, more efficient, and does not penalise the parts...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation makes the case for the Government unfreezing Local Housing Allowance. Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30th percentile of rents in April 2024, and has been frozen...

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 CLES challenges conventional property-led regeneration and sets out a new approach to urban development. This publication challenges conventional property-led regeneration and sets out a new approach to urban development that delivers greater social, economic and environmental value for local communities. Using a free downloadable viability tool, it presents a...

This report from UK think tank Localis explores unlocking the value of heritage for local economies. Heritage connects the past, present and future of place. Historic buildings, landscapes, collections, skills, stories and traditions shape local identity while supporting employment, visitor economies, wellbeing and community life. Yet heritage remains too often confined to conservation or tourism...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores the housing outlook in Q3 of 2026. Britain’s new Prime Minister has put “council housing” at the heart of his programme for government. The case for building more affordable homes is strong: near-record numbers of families in England are living in temporary accommodation today, and...

This report from UK think tank IPPR North explores housing-led approaches to homelessness. Nationally, there is a lack of political urgency in reducing homelessness. The most meaningful progress has instead come from places where local leaders have made homelessness a priority, driving improvements in both the provision and delivery of homelessness services. At a time...

This report from UK think tank Power to Change sets out a detailed roadmap for a new era of community ownership.  Community ownership is a proven, scalable driver of local economic renewal and resilient, connected communities. While political support has never been higher, demand for investment far outstrips supply, with the recent Community Right to...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society sets out ‘quick wins’ to ramp up the number of good quality homes built in the communities that need them. Since July 2024, the government has undertaken substantial, necessary reforms to tackle the housing crisis and get Britain building again. It has rightly set out a...

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 Resolution Foundation explores the living standards of younger Millennials and Gen Z. This briefing note provides an assessment of the living standards of younger Millennials and Gen Z, given the increasing number of people in their twenties who live with their parents, and what policymakers should do to...

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,...