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

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation examines rethinking Personal Independence Payments. This report examines how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) in England and Wales should be reformed to better meet its aim: to contribute to additional costs of disability to enable disabled people to live fuller and more active lives. Few would dispute...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue develops a new definition of European populism and a new European populism index. The report develops a new definition of European populism and a new European populism index, helping us to better understand European populist parties and voters. Using data analysis of the 2024 Chapel Hill Expert...

This report from UK think take the Institute for Policy Research examines public attitudes towards parental leave reform through a survey of more than 2,500 people. The UK’s parental leave system offers relatively long maternity leave but much of it is poorly paid, while fathers and partners have very little well-paid leave of their own....

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Policy Research discusses what a redesigned parental leave system might look like. The report discusses what a redesigned parental leave system might look like. Rather than focusing on individual elements of the system in isolation, the report argues that the government should look at maternity, paternity...

This report from UK think tank Theos unpacks their polling on Christianity and Britishness. A major new study into Christianity and British identity has revealed a complex and sometimes paradoxical picture of faith, culture, and politics in Britain today. The report suggests that what is increasingly being described as “Christian nationalism” in Britain is not...

This report from UK think tank the Policy Institute explores public attitudes and misperceptions about care work in the UK. The public significantly underestimate the likelihood of becoming an unpaid carer at some point in their lives, guessing 38% of people in the UK ever will – far below the reality of 65%, according to...

This report from UK think tank the Policy Institute explores misperceptions of crime, race, religion and life in the UK capital. London has among the lowest violent crime rates of any region in England and Wales, tops a global ranking of best cities, and pays more in tax than it receives back in public spending...

This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation explores the change in time spent alone over the last decade. Time spent alone has risen up the public and political agenda, reflected in debates about the ‘relationship recession’, social media use and more working from home. But these underlying societal shifts have not affected time...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue proposes a new deal for the self-employed. The UK is currently home to 4.57 million self-employed: a number which has grown consistently over the past four decades. Yet, despite their growing numbers, the self-employed have access to a much poorer safety net than employees. This is even...

This report from UK think tank CLES suggests that community wealth building can help to retain the benefits of economic development in the community. Since working with CLES to adopt community wealth building in 2013, Preston’s approach has become internationally recognised and has helped to shape community wealth building practice across the UK and beyond....

This report from UK think tank Theos reveals Britain does not pay enough attention to the profound transformation that comes with becoming a mother. Motherhood, Inside Out explores the profound process of matrescence – the transition of becoming a mother. Like adolescence, matrescence is a period of far-reaching physical, emotional, psychological, social, political and spiritual...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation explores the challenges and barriers frontline services face in identifying gambling related harm. Gambling is a common practice in Britain, but can be highly addictive. This briefing explores the challenges and barriers frontline services face in identifying gambling related harms, drawing on existing literature alongside...

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 Re:State calls on local authorities to implement a cross-cutting, place-based strategy for the adult social care workforce. Re:State’s new report recommends an immediate, deliverable, and locally-led approach to addressing the adult social care workforce crisis. While the sector’s underfunding is a key driver of its chronic workforce issues, as...