The problem with biofuels as a response to the Gulf energy supply shock
This report from UK think tank Chatham House examines how biofuels threaten food supplies, forests and what to do about it. Biofuel production is set to expand rapidly over the next four years, as the search for alternatives to Gulf oil supplies gains momentum amid the US–Iran war. Our analysis indicates that an extra 36...
Saving private renters
This report from UK think tank the Resolution Foundation makes the case for the Government unfreezing Local Housing Allowance. Local Housing Allowance (LHA), which caps how much support is provided through the social security system to low-income private renters, was last relinked to the 30th percentile of rents in April 2024, and has been frozen...
The Liberal Democrats: How their rivals and the public see them
This report from UK think tank the Policy Institute explores how the Liberal Democrats are seen by others. The Lib Dems are the party most liked by their political rivals, according to a new study published ahead of the party’s annual conference in Brighton. The research, by the Policy Institute at King’s College London, finds...
How the UK should protect its science and tech research from foreign state threats
This report from UK think tank Chatham House makes a case for a more systemic approach to research security. The UK’s acknowledged strengths in science and technology (S&T) are the product of a university system in which international collaboration between academics is the norm. But this culture of openness also makes the research sector vulnerable...
WMHTIA evaluation report
This report from UK think tank City-REDI supplements the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) Pathfinder Report. This report supplements the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA) Pathfinder Report and provides updated information on enterprises engaged and supported over three years of the programme, new initiatives supported towards the end of year 2...
Local innovations, shared lessons: Unpacking HDRC community engagement and partnership working in London
This report from UK think tank City-REDI unpacks HDRC community engagement and partnership working in London. A new report by Sophie Cloutterbuck for the Local Policy Innovation Partnership, based at City-REDI, University of Birmingham, examines how six London boroughs are using Health Determinants Research Collaborations (HDRCs) to strengthen community engagement, build research capacity, and improve...
Benefitting from abroad: International lessons for reforming sickness and disability benefits
This report from UK think tank Re:State examines international lessons for reforming sickness and disability benefits. Britain’s welfare system is failing working-age adults with a disability. It is not working for the people it supports and it is not working for those who fund it. Britain’s extra-cost benefit takes a one-size-fits-all approach that leaves those...
Adding up: How to deliver fiscal devolution
This report from UK think tank Centre for Cities shows how the Government can design fiscal devolution for growth and fairness. Centre for Cities’ latest briefing shows how the Government can advance fiscal devolution while maximising growth, protecting those places with smaller tax bases from losing out, and costing nothing additional to the Treasury and...
Lessons from Giorgia Meloni’s plan for Africa
This report from UK think tank the Coalition for Global Prosperity examines lessons from Giorgia Meloni's plan for Africa. British international development policy has lost public support, and successive governments have responded by cutting the aid budget rather than addressing why. Two-thirds of Britons favoured cutting the budget in 2020, while in 2024 £2.8 billion...
I don’t have a pension, really: Women restarting work after 50
This report from UK think tank the Policy Institute explores women's experiences of returning to employment later in life and rebuilding retirement security. Policies to extend working lives increasingly seek to support people over 50 to return to employment. Yet we know relatively little about the role of pensions in this return, especially for women...