Reports

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the prevalence of in-work insecurity felt by workers across the UK. New in-depth analysis of UK job market data reveals women, disabled people, ethnic minorities and young workers have been consistently affected by insecure employment over the last twenty years. The Work Foundation, a...

This report from UK think tank IIED presents empirical evidence on the links between climate change, migration and trafficking. This paper presents empirical evidence on the links between climate change, migration and trafficking. It then unpacks the underlying drivers that policymakers should target to deal with this nexus. The paper explores the extent and impact...

This report from UK think the Social Market Foundation looks at improving access to civil justice. This report from Social Market Foundation think tank examines how policymakers can create a better functioning and more equitable civil justice system. Although issues of civil justice like debt, family breakdown, and employment disputes are highly common, access to...

This report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation looks at low pay and insecurity in the UK labour market. This edition of Low Pay Britain is our twelfth annual report taking stock of the state of low pay. Recent editions have focused on the short-term impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on low paid workers. Those...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at Government’s big decision on how to share the pain. The government cannot insulate all households from the economic slowdown needed to bring inflation under control. Instead the big decision facing ministers is how to share the economic pain. With the Office for Budget...

This report from UK think tank Demos maps out the barriers to smoking cessation and the uptake of nicotine alternatives. In 2019 the government announced its ambition to make England smoke-free by 2030. Nicotine alternatives, such as e-cigarettes, have an important role to play in aiding smoking cessation. With that in focus, Demos has released...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks two distinct versions of sustainability in agriculture. Modern methods of food production are increasingly recognized as a major contributor to global warming, air and water pollution, deforestation, biodiversity loss, soil degradation and the emergence of disease. In turn, climate change is compromising food security and supply-chain...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at the mood of the investment community into doing business in the UK. We interviewed more than 100 founders, funders, CEOs, entrepreneurs and other senior figures, in the biggest focus group of its kind to date. Their comments to the CPS, provided on...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how to alleviate the cost of living crisis. Britain is facing an inflationary surge unprecedented this century. At the time of writing, the rate of inflation was at an historic high of 9 per cent, with the Bank of England now forecasting...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to achieve policy coherence on climate change. The government needs to tackle incoherent policy making if it is to meet its net zero target. This report highlights a series of decisions where ministers seem to have undermined their own climate objectives, including...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at the foreign policy strategy of Sir Keir in opposition, and how he might react to future crises. Sir Keir Starmer’s approach to foreign policy is “more assertive and more serious than that of any Labour leader since the general election of 2010 but still...

This report from UK think tank British Future looks at, after a decade of upheaval, where are we going now? The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, marking the monarch’s seven decades on the throne, offers a rare opportunity to examine how our society has changed so very significantly in that time – and also...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at reforming the Department of Education. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest discussion paper, written by Tim Ambler, proposes a number of reforms to improve the efficiency and value for money of the Department for Education. This paper is part of the Adam Smith Institute’s...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at measures to address short term challenges of the cost of living crisis. British households continue to face the dire realities of a worsening cost of living crisis, which the Government has rightly made its number one priority. A new Centre for Policy...

This report from UK think tank the Fabian Society looks at a vision for adult skills and training. A skilled population is the key to a better quality of life for us all. Improving skills can increase productivity and pay and make for a more resilient and prosperous economy. As we adapt to technology change...

This report from UK think tank EDSK looks at how to prevent young people from falling out of our education system. On the day that the Office for National Statistics releases its latest unemployment figures, a new report from the education think tank EDSK finds that on current trends it will take over 150 years...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at how to rescue the railways after the pandemic. Despite the UK being one of the most open societies across Europe, rail journeys have not returned to pre-pandemic levels. The number of people commuting every day at peak time is just 15% of...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at road pricing as a fairer form of motoring taxation. This report from Social Market Foundation think tank sets out a fairer motoring taxation regime, through a nationwide road pricing system As we transition towards electric vehicles that don’t incur fuel duty, the Treasury...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies looks at a solution that would deliver for families and the economy. Unaffordable childcare has disastrous social and economic consequences, as women leave the workforce to avoid extortionate childcare costs; this is a hammer blow to equality and national productivity. This CPS briefing paper...

This report from UK think tank the Constitution Unit looks at whether the NI power-sharing arrangements that the Agreement established can survive. This project looks at the state of Northern Ireland politics as the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement approaches its quarter-century. It asks whether and how the power-sharing arrangements that the Agreement established can survive...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at speeding up the switch to sustainable aviation fuel. In this report, we recommend the government set targets for increasing the use of PtL fuel, alongside its planned wider SAF mandate, to tackle climate change, create jobs and support the growth of new green industries across...

This report from UK think tank the Social Market Foundation looks at what role does subjective wellbeing play in Levelling Up. This briefing from Social Market Foundation think tank examines the role of “subjective wellbeing” in the levelling up agenda. In the Queen’s Speech 2022, Government has confirmed that it will make a legal commitment...

This report from UK think tank Demos looks at the case for universal employment support. Following the pandemic, the UK’s labour market is in an unusual position, simultaneously experiencing low unemployment and a record 1.28 million vacancies in the first three months of 2022. Our research shows that the current system of employment support, skills...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at seven areas that will see totemic change as a consequence of Putin’s invasion. Russia’s invasion is a global event of rare magnitude that will send shockwaves to “every corner of the planet”. It will have ramifications every bit as significant as the fall...

This briefing from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform looks at Europe and the need for more green investment. In order to be climate neutral by 2050 and to fulfil its 2030 climate targets, Europe needs more green investment. Although total European climate investment is on the rise, thanks in part to the...