Reports

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Cities looks at persistent issues with the current grant system for local government. Local government relies heavily on central grants to deliver economic policies, and the current system hinders its ability to respond effectively to economic change. The Levelling Up White Paper committed to streamlining the...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society provides a roadmap to a national care service.  Plans for a National Care Service were first presented 13 years ago in the dying days of the last Labour government. Since then no detailed work has taken place to flesh out what the service might look like...

This report from UK think tank IPPR is the final report of the IPPR health and care workforce assembly. England’s health and care sector is in a deep workforce crisis. This is not because we have less staff overall. Rather, it’s because of a growing and sustained mismatch between worker-demand and worker-supply. A vicious cycle...

This report from UK think tank British Future looks at public attitudes to race, identity and history as we mark the 75th anniversary of the Windrush. Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Windrush on 22 June, a new report from British Future, ‘Why the Windrush matters today,‘ provides a ‘state of the nation’ picture...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at in-work poverty in London’s public sector. In-work poverty is not just a problem experienced by workers in the private sector – nearly 140,000 Londoners who live in a household relying on a public sector wage, are in poverty. This equates to about 1...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the post-2000 surge in donor funding. International donors have repeatedly failed to commit the funding necessary to address core global health priorities. The global HIV response since 2000 has been a rare exception. This research paper aims to explain the health and political factors leading...

This research note from UK think tank EDSK looks at the source and credibility of the £1.6 billion savings figure to assess whether it deserves to be included in discussions about the future of private schools. Despite its current political salience, the proposal to charge VAT on private (‘independent’) school fees in England is nothing...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at building a better, greener planning system that empowers local places. What we build, how we build it and where we build it impacts every aspect of our lives: our environment; the economy, and how and where we live and travel to work. In recent years, the...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at supporting sustainable travel in outer London. This report explores how to improve transport options for the millions of people living in outer London. Helping people get around their local areas and reducing reliance on car ownership. People in outer London own and use...

This report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation explores the prevalence of youth worklessness due to ill health in different parts of the UK. This briefing note is part of the Young people’s future health inquiry, a three-year programme supported by the Health Foundation. It explores the prevalence of youth worklessness due to ill health...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at how property licensing could better protect private renters. This report explores the potential of selective property licensing to improve conditions in London’s private rented sector. More than one million London households rent privately in order to live in the capital. With such high...

This report from the UK think tank The Sutton Trust looks at young people's perceptions of the assessment process in the academic year 2020/21. This briefing from the first wave of the COVID social Mobilities and Opportunities (COSMO) study explores young people’s perceptions of the assessment process they went through in place of GCSE examinations...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the state and future of farmed animal welfare in the UK. This briefing by the Social Market Foundation, attempts to identify a working definition and practical measure of animal welfare to understand where we are as a society, and where we might be...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the deep-rooted institutional and cultural problems that undermine the Home Office’s performance. Deep-rooted institutional and cultural problems undermine the Home Office’s performance and approach to crime, immigration, and asylum seekers – and are neglected by ministers at their peril. This report says Suella...

This report from UK think tank The Sutton Trust looks at the financial circumstances of households with 16 year-old children during the pandemic period. This briefing from the first wave of the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study explores the financial circumstances of households with 16-year-old children during the pandemic period. It allows a...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at fuel duty and vehicle excise duty in relations to Zero Emission Vehicles. In 2021/22, drivers paid £33bn in fuel duty and vehicle excise duty. But the Government spent only £5.4bn on national roads and £6.4bn on local roads in the same period....

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the concept of impartiality within the context of the UK civil service. The importance of an impartial civil service is part of the conventional wisdom of government in the UK. Often discussed, sometimes challenged, debate on the subject is not new but often...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Cities looks at whether a London running on 59% pre-covid office attendance levels be able to avoid a slump. Centre for Cities has worked with Professor Dan Graham and his team at Imperial College London to produce Office politics: London and the rise of home working,...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at possible outcomes in Russia of a defeat in Ukraine. The structure and dynamics of Russia’s future state system could take many forms and have been the subject of much analytical debate. The inner workings and decision-making processes of the Russian state are opaque and inaccessible,...

This report from UK think tank the David Hume Institute looks at the economic outlook for Scots. The most recent data from the David Hume Institute and Diffley Partnership’s regular economy tracker reveals a mixed picture of public opinion on the economy. The economic outlook from Scots remains bleak with 62% thinking that general economic...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at a fairer deal for heat networks. In this briefing published by the Social Market Foundation, Will Damazer sets out an ambitious plan to overhaul the heat network system and secure a fairer deal for all those living in them. Up to 900,000 UK...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides a termly analysis of official data relating to absence from schools. The number of severely absent pupils has soared by 108 per cent since the pandemic. In Autumn 2022, 125,222 pupils were absent more often than they were present (severely absent), 1.7 per...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at the case for a British Regional Investment Bank. This briefing from the Social Market Foundation fleshes out the case for a British Regional Investment Bank – first made by the Gordon Brown Commission on the UK’s future – that can better match public...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how the civil service should improve support for ministers. Strengthening civil service support for ministers is essential to reset the strained relationship between Whitehall and government – and this should begin with reform of ministers' private offices. Recent events in government, including the...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the regulation of carbon emissions on energy intensive industries. In this analysis, Jim McConalogue (CEO, Civitas) looks at the UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the regulation of carbon emissions on energy intensive industries. This new publication asks whether...