Report

Financing the future: discussion paper

Think tank: Carnegie UK

Author(s): Various authors

March 18, 2025

This report from UK think tank Carnegie UK summarises the UK’s tax, spend and fiscal policy issues against the backdrop of our collective wellbeing.

This paper sets out a summary of relevant tax, spend and fiscal policy issues in the UK today against the backdrop of our current collective wellbeing.

The paper seeks opinion on the merit, challenges and opportunities associated with exploring what a new social contract between the citizen and state focused on collective wellbeing could and should look like.