How many homes does the UK need?
This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies reveals that the UK has a shortage of 6.5 million homes when compared to similar European countries. Decades of lacklustre housebuilding and recent record migration have left the UK with a shortfall of more than 6.5 million homes, according to new research from the...
Wise in 5: active travel
This report from UK think tank PolicyWISE looks at strategic approaches to encouraging active travel in the four nations of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. This briefing from PolicyWISE sets out the different national policy approaches to active travel in the UK and Republic of Ireland in just 5 pages. This report finds...
A healthy State?
This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation puts the 2025 Spending Review into context. June 11th saw the Chancellor reveal the results of the first ‘zero-based’ review since 2008, the first stand-alone Spending Review since 2019, and the first three-year plan since 2021. It was the Government’s chance to say what its priorities...
Better off
This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society shows how the government can make people better off in highly challenging circumstances. At the next general election, ministers will be judged by Ronald Reagan’s famous question: “are you better off than you were?” When voters considered this question last year, they answered ‘no’ – and...
Build to rent: patterns in growth and geography
This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities examines the growing role of Build to Rent (BtR) in urban housing delivery. This briefing examines the growing role of Build to Rent (BtR) in urban housing delivery. It explores where BtR developments are concentrated, how the sector has evolved, and what policy changes could help...
Helping funders to measure what matters
This report from UK think tank PBE looks at using wellbeing to understand the value for money of Spirit of 2012 grants. Funders influence how impact is measured in the social sector. Their data needs to shape both the type of data charities collect and how they use it. However, the need for charities to...
New Stable
This report from UK think tank Localis discusses expanding and reforming the role of the LGPS in driving affordable housing. Solving the housing crisis, a stated but unrealised goal of successive recent governments, is both a generational challenge for policy and a hugely significant potential investment in place. That a crisis exists is well-rehearsed, but...
Where people meet
This report from UK think tank New Local looks at how we can celebrate, sustain and reimagine community centres. Community centres are a core and enduring part of the UK’s social infrastructure. They are hubs of social connection, stewards of health and wellbeing, vital partners in their local ecosystems and important physical assets that communities...
Capital gains
This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation looks at public investment priorities for the 2025 Spending Review. In this report we put the big investment decisions facing the Government at the Spending Review in context. It examines the UK’s long history of chronic under-investment, evaluates the recent welcome announcement of £100 billion additional...
The myth of “left behind”
This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities looks at why a city-focused industrial strategy will not increase place-based discontent. A common argument in the aftermath of the Brexit vote was that people’s political discontent was the result of the widening divide between city and town. Yet, data shows that constituencies with stronger connections...