This report from UK think tank Onward looks at why R&D tax credits matter, and how to improve them. R&D tax incentives have been a vital tool in driving business R&D spending. In part thanks to the incentives regime, the UK has reached its target for R&D spending (2.4% of GDP by 2027) eight years early....

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at policy lessons from police surveillance in Buenos Aires and São Paulo. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years have driven the rapid development of facial recognition technologies. Jurisdictions around the world have begun to grapple with the question of how to regulate their use....

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at next steps for life sciences policy in England. The UK lags behind global leaders on R&D investment. This is despite a recent, sudden ONS methodological change significantly revising up estimates of UK research investment, more through luck than judgement. Stagnation in the UK economy demands a...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at as capitalism matures, how do we stay human?  When we think about a high-tech society, our minds jump to things that are shiny and new. From iPhones and Teslas to fast-fashion and streamed music, technology equals disruption and innovation. Yet the character of a...

This report from UK think tank the SMF looks at how we can use new technologies to improve productivity on Britain’s livestock farms. The post-Brexit era presents Britain with fresh opportunities to address low productivity in the farming industry with a clearer policy direction and the promotion of efficiency-enhancing schemes for agriculture and livestock farming....

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at maximising the potential of diagnostics services. The Covid-19 pandemic has increased awareness of the role that diagnostics play in disease detection, prevention and management. Policy-makers have also singled out diagnostics for greater focus in recent years, particularly given their pivotal role in supporting system...

This report from UK think tank the King's Fund looks at the role of culture and leadership in joined-up care. Integrated care systems (ICSs) and provider collaboratives are ushering in a move towards more collaborative working across organisations in health, social care and the voluntary and community sector – and digital health technologies have an...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at protecting encryption from the Online Safety Bill. End-to-end encryption is foundational to the proper functioning of our online experience; The Online Safety Bill would—in its current form—undermine end-to-end encryption by empowering Ofcom to demand service providers use ‘accredited technology’ to give them access...

This report from UK think the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the case against the Online Safety Bill. The Online Safety Bill (OSB) is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation produced by Government in recent years. A new briefing paper from the Centre for Policy Studies outlines why it is likely to...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at AI being introduced to help decision-making in high-risk fields, including asylum and refugee protection. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being introduced to help decision-making in high-risk fields. This includes decision-making about asylum and refugee protection, where automated ways of processing people and predicting risks in contested...