Hospital of the future: the last word
This report from UK think tank Re:State distills the key themes and recommendations from across all three reports. The past year, Re:State has been working on a landmark programme titled ‘Hospital of the Future’. This was predicated on the idea that the 'upstream' shift to prevention alone will not remediate the existential crisis hospitals are...
Ministers reflect on the Treasury
This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government explores the Treasury’s role and the tensions it creates across Whitehall. With the 2025 budget just days away, this Ministers Reflect report on the Treasury offers candid insights from former Treasury ministers – including four chancellors in Jeremy Hunt, Philip Hammond, Alistair Darling and Ken...
Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker – November 2025
This report from UK think tank The David Hume Institute looks at the economic outlook for Scots. The final Understanding Scotland Economy Tracker for 2025 highlights widespread pessimism about Scotland’s economic outlook and its growing impact on daily life. The Tracker, commissioned by the David Hume Institute and produced by Diffley Partnership, reveals that around...
Student working lives
This report from UK think tank HEPI reveals the hidden realities of student employment in UK higher education. A landmark study exploring the growing prevalence and impact of paid work among students in UK higher education, and which demonstrates the hidden realities of the student experience, has today been launched by the Higher Education Policy...
Flat Britain: The urban density gap and how to close it
This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities addresses exactly where British cities should increase density and how they can do it. Britain needs more homes – and it needs them in its cities. The housing crisis, inefficient urban transport, and the underperformance of major urban economies all point in the same direction: higher-density urban...
Business cases and place-based funding
This report from UK think tank City-REDI examines business cases and place-based funding. This report critically examines the application of the Better Business Case Green Book model by practitioners when seeking to secure past place-based economic development funding. The business case framework is used to appraise and manage the development of an intervention, as set...
Renewing classical liberal education
This report from UK think tank Civitas discusses classical liberal education and its history. Classical liberal education is the grounding of a child into a lifelong adventure through ideas and ideals, that they might enter, through the gradual cultivation of wisdom, style and virtue, into the fullness of humanity, ‘the good life’ as we might...
The localisation era
This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation evaluates when local delivery works well and what principles should guide any future reform. This report is part of the project Safety Nets: social security for families in a devolved UK, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. It examines the growth of localised social security in the...
Breaking the echo chamber: Enhancing disinformation resilience in the UK
This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society examines how disinformation affects university students in the UK. This report examines how disinformation affects university students in the United Kingdom. Drawing on three distinct case studies – vaccination, the Southport stabbings, and Candace Owens’ claim that Brigitte Macron is a man – we assess...
A nation of small investors: Increasing the proportion of British households actively investing
This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation recommends measures to strengthen personal finances and provide a boost to the UK economy. Britain is a country of investors – they just don’t know it. This report outlines the current state of the UK’s retail investment landscape, highlights the shortcomings that mean households are...