This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at international experiences of cannabis liberalisation. Across the world, governments’ approaches to cannabis are changing. In the UK, the substance continues to be largely prohibited, even as a significant portion of the public (41%) are in favour of liberalising. In this new report Jake...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at pawnbroking customers’ options. This report from Social Market Foundation think tank examines the role of pawnbroking in customers’ financial lives. Not everyone has access to an overdraft or a credit card, so what do they do when they need cash to make it...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the impact of government policy on migration composition and social cohesion. Our latest report finds that the nature of immigration to the UK is changing following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, with fewer European immigrants and far more from India, China, and...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at how to tackle digital inequality in a post-pandemic world. Too many people still lack the technology or skills they need to live in today’s online world. This is leading to a widening divide in society, exacerbated by our reliance on digital technology during the...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at rates of poverty of Northern Ireland and the impact that has on the people living there. This report explores the rates of poverty of Northern Ireland and assesses the impact that poverty is having on the lives of people who live there. It...

This report from UK think tank Onward looks at how to restore connection, belonging and security to post-pandemic life. Strong human connections; a locus in a thriving place; a place to call home; a job that is secure and rewarding; and institutions that bridge social groups and embed shared values. These have been the foundations...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at evidence and ideas on how we might think about a multiracial country. In this major new study of multi-ethnic Britain, Richard Norrie, makes the case that ethnic minority individuals fare better here than in the familial countries of origin, with a confident minority middle-class. Comparing the...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at poverty in London and the role of business in helping tackle it. This report calls attention to the scale of in-work poverty in the UK and London today, what drives it, and the impact it has. It is a part of a wider...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the challenges facing emerging leaders of the Millennial generation. This report is the first output of Cohort 2040, a project seeking to better understand the challenge facing emerging leaders of the Millennial generation and to build a community that helps these leaders more effectively continue the...

This report from UK think tank the Constitution Unit provides the results of a survey of the UK population on democracy in the UK after Brexit. The past decade in UK politics has raised fundamental questions about the kind of democracy we want to live in. What role should be played by referendums? Where should...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at the pros and cons of using first-in-family as a key measure of disadvantage. First-in-family students make up a majority of young first- degree students yet face a number of challenges. So they are now the focus of many specific interventions in the UK and the USA....

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at whether the impartiality of the police service is threatened by a doctrine of identity politics. When we encounter the police, can we rely on them to apply the law impartially? To act without fear or favour has been seen as the essence of policing since the first...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at how extremists utilise platforms’ algorithms to radicalise vulnerable people. This report looks at how extremists utilise platforms’ algorithms to radicalise vulnerable people. It finds that algorithms in use on social media platforms aid extremists and lead more people to self-radicalisation, it is the...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at hyperglobalization and the heterogeneity of protest movements. Populist challengers to the political establishment have emerged across Europe in recent years, with both right-wing and left-wing movements and parties gaining traction. Many theories have been put forward to explain the phenomenon, given the significant impact of...

This report from UK think tank Civitas examines the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard and calls for it to be "wound up". The NHS seeks to monitor and control diversity and equality through a programme known as the Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) – it is based on a series of statistical indicators pertaining to...