Reports

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies offers practical guidance on body mapping and why it might be useful. Body mapping may be useful for practitioners and researchers who want to: Examine and appreciate how emotions, cultural norms or practices relate to (specific parts of) physical bodies, or are embodied; Explore...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at how levels of poverty differ between groups of people and regions. UK Poverty 2023 sets out recent trends in poverty across the UK, how levels of poverty differ between groups of people and regions, and the impact it has on people’s lives. These...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the government’s claims for why the NHS crisis is happening and the effect of its response. The government’s emergency measures to support the NHS will likely be too little and too late to solve this winter’s crisis. The report evaluates the government’s claims...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how the North and the UK measure up in levelling up.  The UK continues to stand out internationally for the wrong reason: because it is the most regionally unbalanced large, advanced economy. Our latest analysis highlights continued and growing regional divides in productivity, incomes, job creation,...

This report from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation evaluates the Talking about Poverty project, which ran from 2016 to 2021. This report evaluates the Talking about Poverty project, which ran from 2016 to 2021, and aimed to develop a more effective way of communicating about UK poverty through ‘framing’ – an evidence-based communications...

This report from UK think tank the IIED looks at how retailers can make positive contributions to healthier oceans and sustainable fisheries. Sustainable Development Goal 14.b calls for providing ‘access for small-scale fishers to marine resources and markets’ by 2030. Small-scale fisheries directly support approximately 7% of the global population and make up 47% of...

This report from UK think tank the UK in a Changing Europe looks at both where we have got to and how the relationship might evolve. Six and a half years since the Brexit referendum, UK relations with the EU have still not settled into a coherent and consistent pattern. Partly, this is because the...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how to engage people on changing land use for climate and nature. Twin imperatives to tackle climate change and restore nature are leading to policy changes across England, Scotland and Wales which will alter the current pattern of land use and its management. As well...

This report from UK think tank The King's Fund looks at the role of the independent sector in providing health care. Discussion around the role of the independent sector in providing health care often focuses on the ‘privatisation’ of the NHS. Private providers have always played a role in the NHS, and while there was...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at the 'net dependency ratio’ and hoe many live in households receiving more in benefits than they pay in tax. This analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data for the impact of tax and benefits on household income shows that a record 54.2 per cent of...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies demolishes a series of longstanding and damaging myths about the British housing sector. As public debate about the housing and planning system grows, a new report from the Centre for Policy Studies demolishes a series of longstanding and increasingly damaging myths about the British...

This report from UK think tank CEPEO looks at maths apps as an emerging trend in young children's learning environments aiming to raise attainment. Educational maths applications (apps) are an emerging trend in young children's learning environments aiming to raise attainment. The current systematic review aimed to thematically synthesise quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how to transition rural land use to restore nature and achieve net zero globally. Rural land use must change to restore nature and achieve net zero globally. Instead of being a source of emissions, it must remove carbon from the atmosphere, while also making space...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at how the rule of law could strengthen British national identity and maintain UK soft power. This report from Social Market Foundation think-tank looks present steps to restabilising the rule of law in the UK, to strengthen internal unity and ensuring that it remains...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the gap in investment that the government needs to fill to gain energy independence with efficiency. In the autumn statement late last year, chancellor Jeremy Hunt argued that the only way to stop the UK being ‘at the mercy of international gas prices’ is energy independence...

This report from UK think tank CEPEO looks at whether early testing is a necessary instrument for early targeting or detrimental to child mental health. Should young children be tested? Proponents view early testing as a necessary instrument for early targeting. Others consider it detrimental to child mental health and with little impact on educational...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at the adequacy, accessibility and fairness of the UK’s social security system for working-age adults. The COVID-19 pandemic and the rising cost of living has put significant strain on the finances of low-income households, exposing flaws with the UK’s social security system. This report examines the...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at a plan to reboot British manufacturing and restore growth. In this report, the Centre for Social Justice makes the case that it’s the comparative decline of British manufacturing that holds the key to Britain's productivity puzzle. While so much of our growth...

This report from UK think tank Civitas sets out to quantify the extent of ‘radical progressive’ policies at British Universities. The Radical Progressive University Guide sets out to quantify the extent of ‘radical progressive’ policies at British Universities, including their curbs on free speech. Dr Richard Norrie (director of the statistics and policy research programme)...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the political and defence ties between Belarus and Russia. Alongside Ukraine, Belarus has for centuries been a significant part of Russia’s own history, both as part of an ancestral empire and – in Russia’s perception – as an extension of Russia’s own security space. The political...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the tough choices and difficult trade-offs facing the government in 2023. As we begin 2023, the tough choices and difficult trade-offs involved in governing a country are more evident than ever. Governments around the world are dealing with geopolitical tensions, the health and...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how transport is changing rapidly in the race to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Taxes applied to different transport modes do not reflect their different levels of greenhouse gas emissions. This means the transport system is not paying its fair share for the...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the Retained EU Law Bill 2022 and UK workers’ rights. New analysis from the Work Foundation at Lancaster University reveals that Government plans to rush the ‘sunsetting’ of EU laws by the end of 2023 will put the rights and protections of more than...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the principal importance of human rights for AI governance. Governments and companies are already deploying AI to assist in making decisions that can have major consequences for the lives of individual citizens and societies. AI offers far-reaching benefits for human development but also presents risks....

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at employers’ perceptions of the UK’s Graduate Route visa. The Graduate Route visa was introduced in 2021 and allows international students to stay in the UK to work for two years (or three years for doctoral students), with none of the wage or job restrictions that apply...