This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines how the next government could use its foreign policy assets to best effect. With a general election imminent, it is already clear that the next UK government will take office in an immensely challenging environment for foreign policy. From wars in Gaza and Ukraine to concerns...

This report from UK think tank British Future explores the unique power of club football to foster a shared sense of identity across people from different backgrounds. Support for club football reaches across our society, spanning political, social and ethnic divides. ‘Shared Goals: The power of football to connect diverse communities’ sets out new research...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies argues that the rate of legal migration in recent years has not delivered the expected positive economic outcomes. In 2022, the rate of legal immigration was 25 times the level of illegal migration – an inflow of 1.2 million people. While broad consensus exists...

This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust looks at the delivery of health and care in the UK after Brexit. Our Health and International Relations Monitor project, supported by the Health Foundation, tracks issues that are important for the delivery of health and care in the UK to understand how our changing relationship...

This report from UK think tank British Future looks at public trust in the Conservative and Labour parties to have the right policies on immigration and asylum. Immigration and the election: Time to choose examines shifting public attitudes to immigration and asylum. It draws on new findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker, which...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the prospective immigration policy of Sir Keir Starmer's Labour party. The Labour Party, headed by Sir Keir Starmer, finds itself in a favourable position for the upcoming elections. Yet its position on one of the most important topics for the electorate today remains...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice examines the impact of criminal exploitation or modern slavery by another name. The typical understanding many people have of modern slavery involves foreign nationals exploited in prostitution or forced to work in inhumane conditions under threats and violence. Yet the most prevalent form of...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation highlights five key themes - and what they mean - for any party wanting to govern for all. Divisions over immigration and asylum have been a feature of British politics for decades. Much of the debate in this policy area has become tired and repetitive....

This report from UK think tank the Coalition for Global Prosperity looks at the role that the UK’s development offer can play as part of an effective response to current irregular migration. Irregular, or illegal, migration is a major concern for UK politicians and voters across the UK, with the salience of the issue gradually...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society This research paper addresses the national security implications of the potential and actual nuclear and radiological events in Ukraine for the UK and the European members of NATO. The armed conflict, over the past 20 months, has had significant humanitarian, economic, and environmental impacts in...

This report by UK think tank British Future analyses new research on public attitudes towards the UK’s future relationship with the EU. This British Future report analyses new research on public attitudes towards the UK’s future relationship with the EU. It covers such issues as whether people would support closer cooperation between the UK and...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government examines the safety of the Rwanda Bill and Rwanda Treaty. What are the implications for constitutional and international law of the prime minister’s latest Rwanda gamble?

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies highlights the pressures placed on the housing market by unsustainable levels of migration. Revised net migration figures released by the Office for National Statistics show that the UK had a record level of net migration in 2022, equivalent to 1.1% of the total UK...

This report from UK think tank British Future will explore Hong Kongers' new lives in Britain. The most authoritative study to date of BN(O) Hong Kongers in the UK. From HK to UK: Hong Kongers’ new lives in Britain draws on new research from a representative sample of 2,000 Hong Kongers who have come to...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society suggests that it is critical for universities and students’ unions to recognise that CSSAs are not independent – they are part of a system. Universities and students’ unions are operating under the fiction that CSSAs, the Chinese Students and Scholars Associations [中国学生学者联谊会] in the UK,...