This briefing from UK think tank The Policy Institute looks at belief in terrorism conspiracy theories among the UK public. 80% of the UK public accept that serious terrorist attacks, such as the Manchester Arena bombing and the 7/7 attacks, have taken place in the UK in recent years – but this includes 61% who...

This report from UK think tanks Bright Blue and British Future is a collection of essays looking at reducing racial inequality in modern Britain. While there has been progress on racial equality in Britain in recent decades, there is still an unacceptable gap in the life chances and everyday experiences of people from different ethnic...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies looks at challenges affording the cost of online connectivity and devices. As every aspect of life – from job seeking to health care – moves online, digital connectivity is a daily necessity, not a luxury. Against the backdrop of the UK’s worst cost of...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides a Social Justice manifesto for a thriving Britain. The next Prime Minister faces an unenviable in-tray of urgent domestic challenges. Stuttering economic growth. Public services gripped by backlogs. Soaring energy prices tearing household budgets apart. These are the immediate policy challenges any new...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. This paper is...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at enabling disability-inclusive hybrid working. This research explores the benefits and challenges of remote and hybrid working, highlighting that it can afford welcome forms of flexibility, autonomy and control over where and how we work, and that can bring distinct benefits for disabled employees. It...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at the ethnic minorities most excluded from UK education. Written by Dr Laura Brassington, Policy Manager at HEPI, Gypsies, Roma and Travellers: The ethnic minorities most excluded from UK education (HEPI Report 151) shows: Gypsy, Roma and Travellers of Irish heritage have the widest attainment gap in...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at how collaboration can help design safer gambling? Safety in gambling is under enormous scrutiny. It is a discussion taking place against a backdrop of change, with gambling becoming increasingly available to a population spending more and more time in digital spaces. To facilitate this discussion, we...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust looks at the state of play in social mobility, on the 25th anniversary of the Sutton Trust. The study of social mobility can be traced back around 100 years, but up until the turn of the millennium it remained largely an academic topic. While a few...

This report from UK think tank British Future looks at, after a decade of upheaval, where are we going now? The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, marking the monarch’s seven decades on the throne, offers a rare opportunity to examine how our society has changed so very significantly in that time – and also...