Reports

This report from UK think tank the Centre for Policy Studies provides a new analysis of NHS integration in the Manchester area. In Greater Manchester, where integration is most advanced, results have been generally poor. In particular, despite a £450m cash injection, there has been a 65% increase in delayed transfers of care - the...

This report from UK think tank IPPR makes the case for reforming 'no recourse to public funds'. Many people in the UK immigration system are subject to the 'no recourse to public funds' (NRPF) condition, which means that they are unable to access mainstream welfare benefits. This includes most benefits, tax credits and housing assistance...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the unintended ill effects of well-intended measures. In recent decades, international and domestic counterterrorism measures have addressed ever broader forms of support to terrorist acts and groups designated as terrorist. When these measures apply in situations of armed conflict, there is a real risk that...

This report from UK think tank IIED looks at the integrated approaches needed to unlock the potential in supporting more sustainable and resilient livelihoods. Productive use(s) of energy (PUE), especially when powered by renewables, can support more sustainable and resilient livelihoods in Least Developed Countries, by bringing immediate opportunities to community services and value chains...

This report from UK think tank the IFS looks at trends over time and future outlook of school spending in England. Following large increases over the 2000s, school spending per pupil in England fell in real terms from about 2010 onwards. The present government sought to reverse this picture in 2019 by providing a three-year...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at why the UK is seeing a lopsided jobs recovery and what to do about it. The UK economy is on its way to recovery. But all is not well. Many jobs have still not returned. And without policy support its entrenched weaknesses, such as insecure work...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Development Studies looks at energy access in Mozambique, Nigeria and Pakistan. This paper draws together findings from research conducted in three countries, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Pakistan to ask how and under which conditions do struggles over energy access in fragile and conflict affected settings empower the...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at opportunities to target petty bribery in Nigerian schools. Underinvestment and corruption in Nigeria’s education sector have created a context where providers of education services are presented with routine opportunities to demand and expect bribes from parents and other service users for their children’s passing grades....

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at the significant challenges facing UK Defence Support. Defence Support is facing significant challenges. These include making good some considerable legacy support issues, implementing lessons identified from the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, and tackling outcomes from the Integrated Review. If left unaddressed, these problems will...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at how to embrace nuclear energy, a border-adjusted carbon tax, and clean free trade. The Adam Smith Institute’s latest paper, in conjunction with the British Conservation Alliance (BCA), and authored by BCA policy director Connor Tomlinson outlines a market centric approach to tackling environmental...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government assesses the public finance forecasts and what these might mean for the multi-year spending review. Numerous spending pressures on government mean Rishi Sunak will face a difficult balancing act this autumn. Remaining committed to the letter of “the perverse” state pensions triple-lock will increase pressure...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust looks at how to equalise access to early education. A child’s early years play a significant role in determining their chances later on in life, including their chances of social mobility. But the poorest children are already 11 months behind their peers when they start at...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at the long-term growth in the numbers of young people pursuing education after age 16 Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire education sector has faced a period of unprecedented challenge in seeking to provide remote lessons and support to students....

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how simple VAT changes could help people make greener choices. A package of simple and cost effective changes to VAT could help people make greener choices the easiest choices as the first step towards a greener tax system. Building on our survey results with BritainThinks,...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Fiscal Studies looks at long-lasting health benefits of Sure Start. New IFS research finds that one of England’s biggest early years programmes delivered long-lasting health benefits for children through their teenage years. Taken together, the savings from reduced hospitalisations up to age 15 offset around 31%...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government warns that even if exams can be sat in the usual way next year they cannot be assessed as usual. Covid Tests: Schools and exams in 2022 and beyond warns that even if exams can be sat in the usual way next year they cannot...

This report from UK think tank the Henry Jackson Society looks at whether the British Army is fit for purpose. The UK should scrap its continued plans to procure and use the Ajax tank platform, according to a think tank report. The study, The British Army’s Ajax: Fit for purpose, recommends the army replace the...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at why restoring growth is a matter for every UK sector. A narrow focus on high-value sectors will not address the UK’s £300 billion growth gap.   This report analyses the UK’s flagging productivity and growth since the 2008 financial crisis. With no one sector to blame, the paper says boosting productivity...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at how jobs in recycling, repair and reuse can help deliver on levelling up the country. Jobs in remanufacture, repair, recycling and reuse can help the UK government deliver on its promise to level up the country. This report shows that, with a more ambitious approach...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at the government’s handling of education during the pandemic. The government's failure – indeed refusal – to make contingency plans for schools and exams in the summer of 2020 is the most “unforgiveable aspect” of its handling of education during the coronavirus pandemic.  Published ahead of the 2021 A-Level...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at Russian military non-nuclear deterrence as it exists today. New developments in Russian long-range precision-guided weapons strongly support the idea that the country’s leadership has been giving a greater priority to non-nuclear strategic military deterrence. The cases of Ukraine and Syria demonstrate Russia’s willingness to use...

This report from UK think tank the Sutton Trust looks at how the pandemic has disrupted education for this year’s cohort of university applicants. In the wake of last summer’s disruption to the Higher Education entry process, this year’s cohort of young people finishing school and college have faced their second consecutive year of disruption...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at the new shift to hybrid working. As the full scale and implications of the post-pandemic shift to hybrid working are becoming clearer, this new joint Work Foundation and Newcastle University Business School report provides insight into the challenges and opportunities related to remote working...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at a plan to reform UK carbon pricing. The UK’s current system for pricing carbon is inadequate, inconsistent and unequal. Not only must carbon pricing go much further if the UK is to reach net zero by 2050, but taxes on pollution must also be made...

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at how to strengthen international efforts to end the pandemic. A weak and fragmented global response risks extending and worsening the Covid-19 pandemic. This report brings together recommendations from a series of roundtables and events attended by leading international scientists, former government ministers and...