Policy area: Infrastructure

Reports

CPP’s Local Economy Tracker 2023

This report from UK think tank The Centre for Progressive Policy explores how people feel about the economic opportunities where they live. CPP’s annual Local Economy Tracker explores how people feel about the economic opportunities where they live, what they think needs to change and which political parties and tiers of government they trust the...

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City region employment profiles

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation takes a deep dive into insecure work and employment. New analysis that builds on research presented in our recent ‘Delivering Levelling Up? How secure work can reduce regional inequality’ report and takes a deep dive into insecure work and employment in nine Mayoral Combined Authorities, Greater...

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Making markets in practice

This report from UK think tank IPPR argues that there is an urgency for policymakers to implement a green industrial strategy. With Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPs and Science Act and the EU’s Green Industrial Plan, industrial policy is back in vogue. Yet after years of neglect in favour of hands-off, agnostic policymaking, governments...

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UK Economic Outlook (Autumn 2023)

This report from UK think tank the National Institute of Economic and Social Research calls for renewed public investment. The latest quarterly forecast from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research calls for renewed public investment, rather than tax-cuts, ahead of the forthcoming Autumn Statement and next year’s General Election. Flatlining productivity and sluggish...

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Artificial intelligence for public value creation

This report from UK think tank IPPR suggests that governments could outline a positive vision for how AI can help create public value. The eyes of the world will be on this increasingly powerful technology as the UK holds a global AI safety summit in November. However, early signs indicate the discussions will lack ambition....

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Homes for all

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute outlines a fair way to build housing where people want to live. Under the proposed ‘Homes for All’ scheme, the government would use Compulsory Purchasing Orders (CPOs), a legal tool which can be used to compulsorily buy land or property to support development that is...

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Powering up the UK battery industry

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance canvasses industry leaders to understand the challenges and opportunities facing the market. As the UK’s car manufacturing sector gears up to produce electric vehicles, attention is turning to the battery supply chains needed for the car industry to thrive. We surveyed and spoke to industry leaders to...

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More than money: moving towards a relational approach to retrofitting

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at why retrofitting policies are failing to stimulate the market and attract more interest. The UK has a mountain to climb when it comes to home retrofitting. By 2028 the UK will need to reach a peak of installing nearly two million energy efficiency measures like loft...

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The investment gap

This report from UK think tank UK in a Changing Europe looks at the UK’s efforts to replace the European Investment Bank. Following Brexit, the UK lost access to funding from the European Investment Bank. In this report, Stephen Hunsaker and Peter Jurkovic detail the impact this has had on the UK development finance landscape....

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A brighter future for UK steel

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at the UK steel industry, which is going through a critical transition. The UK steel industry is going through a critical transition. It is seeking government support to help it reduce its emissions and improve its competitiveness. This shift is partly driven by global steel markets...

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Moving with the times: Financial incentives for sustainable travel

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at financial incentives for sustainable travel in London. This report explores policy ideas to change the cost of transport and encourage more Londoners to walk, cycle, use public transport or use shared modes of transport. Part 1 looks at current financial incentives and how...

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Level measures

This report from UK think tank Localis looks at a modern agenda for public service integration. Perhaps the greatest of the myriad challenges facing local government is the continued delivery of local public services against the headwinds of rising inflation and inexorable demographic pressures. With the dozen missions outlined in the Levelling Up White Paper...

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A smooth ride

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at what it would mean to truly ‘level up’ the bus network and bring all of England’s metropolitan areas up to London's level. Buses play a crucial role in the lives of people in England. From the daily commute and trip to school or university, to shopping...

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Moving with the times: Supporting sustainable travel in outer London

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at supporting sustainable travel in outer London. This report explores how to improve transport options for the millions of people living in outer London. Helping people get around their local areas and reducing reliance on car ownership. People in outer London own and use...

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The future of driving

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at fuel duty and vehicle excise duty in relations to Zero Emission Vehicles. In 2021/22, drivers paid £33bn in fuel duty and vehicle excise duty. But the Government spent only £5.4bn on national roads and £6.4bn on local roads in the same period....

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Related Events

12 December 2023

Location: Central Westminster

Think tank: Onward

Maximum impact

This event hosted by UK think tank Onward will discuss the metrics by which success will be measured and how they are defined.  Science and technology underpin the Government’s plans to deliver growth, prosperity and opportunity across the country. This has led the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to start translating these commitments into...

12 December 2023

Location: Central Westminster

Think tank: Onward

The future of Conservatism

This event hosted by UK think tank Onward brings together some of conservatism’s leading thinkers to share their views on the future of the centre-right. Rishi Sunak has said his government will take long-term decisions in the national interest, tackling a failed “thirty year consensus”. Onward’s first report in its Future of Conservatism series, The Case...

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How can the UK’s industrial strategy support the ‘levelling up’ agenda?

'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...

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