Reports

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at “Hindutva” and the creation of a false narrative. From 4th-20th September 2022, there was significant civil unrest between ethnic minority groups in Leicester, including vandalism of property, assaults, stabbings and attacks on places of worship. Most notably, on the weekend of 17th September,...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust looks at accents and social mobility. Accent is arguably the primary signal of socioeconomic status. It is also a major indicator of many other aspects of a person’s social background, some of them protected characteristics, including gender, race, age, sexuality, and many others. A hierarchy of...

This report from UK think tank HEPI looks at what research leadership is and why it matters. Professor Flinders identifies, at worst, a research leadership vacuum and, at best, a leadership lag and far-reaching concern about lost leaders. These findings go to the core of broader questions concerning talent management, equality and inclusion, and how...

This report from UK think tank the SMF looks at how increasing SME e-commerce exports can boost UK’s economic growth. The UK has had an exports problem. Since the financial crisis of 2008, it has been lagging behind its pre-crisis trend. This has been further compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, where UK exports have failed...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at China’s position in the electric vehicle market. China’s dominance in the global electric vehicle supply chain poses geopolitical risks to the West, according to The Henry Jackson Society’s latest report. The paper, published today, highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s dominance in the electric...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how the UK could exceed its Global Methane Pledge and reduce methane emissions by 43 per cent. A year has passed since the UK signed the Global Methane Pledge at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. As the COP president until November 2022, the UK...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at Russia's Latin American proxies. The West must devise a comprehensive strategy to challenge Moscow's hybrid warfare aggression in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, according to the latest think tank report. The paper, published today, examines the economic and political vulnerabilities of the Kremlin's Latin...

This briefing from UK think tank The Policy Institute looks at the working-from-home revolution and the fierce debate it has created. The working-from-home revolution kickstarted by the pandemic remains highly politicised and fiercely debated, with disputes over what this shift means for productivity and the economy, and over who should have a say in where...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at an approach that would both stabilise the economy and ensure public services are on a secure footing. This briefing challenges the notion that spending cuts are somehow inevitable for restoring macroeconomic stability. We set out an approach that would both stabilise the economy and ensure that...

This report from UK think tank CEPEO looks at the impact the current cost of living crisis might have on children in poorer families. The ongoing energy crisis and surge in inflation is likely to push more and more families into poverty and could leave three million more Britons under the absolute poverty line (Resolution...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at giving families a choice in childcare. The Government spends nearly £4 billion per year subsidising childcare for families in various forms. Britain’s childcare support offer is notoriously complex and confusing for parents, with evidence of mixed levels of awareness of entitlements and...

This report from UK think tank the IEA looks at how to deliver a sustainable student funding system. The provision of a higher education to a student is a service like few others. For the service to deliver value requires the active participation of the recipient. Even then, the range of possible outcomes – whether...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the shifting trajectory of the Sadrist movement and its implications for Iraq. The populist Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who led the Shia Islamist Sadrist bloc to a shock victory in the October 2021 elections, prompted heightened political instability in the country in 2022 by announcing...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at next steps for life sciences policy in England. The UK lags behind global leaders on R&D investment. This is despite a recent, sudden ONS methodological change significantly revising up estimates of UK research investment, more through luck than judgement. Stagnation in the UK economy demands a...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the case for raising taxes on dividends and buybacks. Households are experiencing a real-terms income squeeze while some of Britain’s largest companies transfer profits to their shareholders at record levels. Taxes on shareholder transfers should be raised to ensure that companies are not channelling profits to...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at why it's time to split up the Home Office. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, written by Henry Hill, argues that we should split the Home Office into two new, more focused Departments: Immigration and Security. The Home Office has presided over numerous...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at what infrastructures are needed to cultivate a more feminist, caring digital society. This essay was commissioned as part of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation programme Social justice in a digital age in response to James Plunkett’s essay, The care paradox. Rather than examining how...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at being honest about the choices we face. This blog is part of a collaborative Joseph Rowntree Foundation project examining and exploring ideas we need to advance Social Justice in a Digital Age.

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at some of the potential factors explaining the recent rise in Channel crossings. This briefing draws on interviews with key experts and stakeholders – including those with lived experience of crossing the Channel in small boats – as well as analysis of Home Office data. It sets...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice provides insights from experiential financial education in Blackpool. The world for disadvantaged young people is one often dominated by cash, where spending takes precedence over saving as a precarious future leaves only uncertainty. Young people face significant gaps in their understanding of basic financial...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at an economic denial strategy in the Indo-Pacific. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) poses an alarming threat to the economies within and defence of the free and open Indo-Pacific region, according to a think tank report. The paper, published today, unveils how the...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the lessons on austerity in public services from the 2010s. The estimated £40bn of departmental savings that Jeremy Hunt needs to find would be much more damaging to public services and harder to deliver than the coalition government’s 2010 austerity programme. Hunt should...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Progressive Policy looks at transforming educational opportunities to support inclusive growth. Across England, significant educational inequalities map closely on to differences in local economic outcomes. Places with higher levels of deprivation are typically characterised by worse educational outcomes, higher unemployment, lower pay, and poorer health. This...

This essay from UK think tank the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at as capitalism matures, how do we stay human?  When we think about a high-tech society, our minds jump to things that are shiny and new. From iPhones and Teslas to fast-fashion and streamed music, technology equals disruption and innovation. Yet the character of a...

This report from UK think tank Onward looks at where the Conservatives went wrong and how they can win again. New report by thinktank Onward draws on a 10,000 person poll by JL Partners to set out where the Conservatives have gone wrong and how they can win again. The polling presents a bleak picture...