Place-based business case and economic appraisal: Capacity and capability
This report from UK think tank City-REDI provides a detailed picture of how appraisal is undertaken across different places and organisations. Business Cases and Economic Appraisals in UK Strategic Authorities, by Alice Pugh, is a report produced for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership (LPIP) Hub. It examines the capacity and capability of officers working in...
The scaling state: Rewiring Whitehall for the AI age
This report from UK think tank Re:State argues that the answer is not another digital strategy, but a fundamental change in how the State operates. In recent years, Government has published digital strategies like clockwork. It has invested in digital services, established standards for how they should be built, and set out ambitious plans for...
High-risk ICT vendors and critical infrastructure: European approaches
This report from UK think tank RUSI compares the strategies used by Germany, Spain and the UK to manage risks from high-risk ICT vendors in critical national infrastructure. This paper provides a critical analysis of how Germany, Spain and the UK manage the risks posed by high-risk ICT vendors in European critical infrastructure, offering essential...
Empowering mayors with progressive public-private partnerships for growth and regeneration
This report from UK think tank Future Governance Forum calls on the Chancellor in the Budget to give mayors powers to deliver infrastructure in their areas. John Healey’s Autumn Budget should give mayors new powers and funding to deliver housing, health and school infrastructure projects according to a new report by The Future Governance Forum...
Up and atom: Unlocking SMRs and large nuclear
This report from UK think tank Onward argues that Britain faces a firm-power crunch. Up and Atom argues that Britain faces a firm-power crunch: firm generation capacity has fallen by about 24 GW over twenty years, four of the five remaining nuclear stations (the AGRs) are due to close by 2030, and much of the...
‘China shock 2.0’ and Europe’s industrial future
This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines how the EU and UK can respond to Chinese technological supremacy. The global industrial landscape has shifted dramatically since the turn of the century. China’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse has enabled the country to produce increasingly sophisticated goods at scale and at low cost. This...
Beyond ‘cyber’ in deterrence: A multilevel framework
This report from UK think tank RUSI delivers a transformative framework for cyber deterrence. This paper delivers a transformative framework for cyber deterrence, demonstrating how NATO, EU member states and partners can more effectively counter hybrid threats by integrating cyber and non-cyber tools in a coordinated, whole-of-government approach. By moving beyond siloed, cyber-only responses, the...
A new National Procurement Policy statement
This report from UK think tank Re:State proposes changing the rules for public procurement for the public sector with a new National Procurement Policy Statement. Every year the State spends nearly £400 billion buying goods, services and works from the private sector – 35 per cent of public sector budgets, and roughly one eighth of...
Care work in the UK
This report from UK think tank the Policy Institute explores public attitudes and misperceptions about care work in the UK. The public significantly underestimate the likelihood of becoming an unpaid carer at some point in their lives, guessing 38% of people in the UK ever will – far below the reality of 65%, according to...
Talking pensions solidarity
This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society explores public perceptions of dignity, security and fairness in the pension system. In 2002, the government established a Pensions Commission to forge a new long-term consensus on retirement provision. Its work was a triumph of long-term consensus-building. Two decades on, however, that consensus is due for...
