High societies
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...
Extending credit
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...
All change
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...
Bridging the divide
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...
Poverty in Northern Ireland 2022
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...
The good life
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...
In defence of British openness
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...
Capital concerns
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...
The cohort 2040 challenge
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...
What kind of democracy do people want?
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...