Reports

This report from UK think tank the Institute for Government looks at replacing EU state aid rules in the UK. As the government prepares to unveil legislation for a UK state aid (or subsidy control) regime – which will regulate around £8bn of subsidies from governments and public bodies to businesses each year – this...

This report from UK think tank Civitas looks at the ideas behind what we call ‘hate crime’ as well as the evidence for it.  Politicians, activists, celebrities and senior police officers appear united in their highlighting of apparent surges in hate crimes in recent years. But this report by the Director of the Statistics and...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the rise of working poverty and fixing Britain's broken social settlement. In this paper we trace the emergence of a poorly understood social challenge and one which symbolises Britain’s broken ‘social settlement’: the continued rise in working poverty since the beginning of this century. Our welfare...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at why stronger human rights monitoring is needed and how to make it work. Political shifts, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the struggle for a shared vision of how to ‘build back better’, have reignited the debate about trade and human rights. Although many...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House looks at the prospects for change in the post-Merkel era. This briefing paper tracks the evolution of Germany’s policy towards China in recent decades, founded on what was long viewed as a one-way economic bet for German business, and examines the drivers of a gradual shift in...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for London looks at London's town centres and high streets. Town centres are at the heart of London’s communities, with more than a third of Londoners living within 200 metres of a high street. Yet many of our high streets have been on life support for years,...

This report from UK think tank Green Alliance looks at the regulation needed to help switch consumers to zero emission vehicles.  The government’s ambition to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030 must be translated into near term action. As the transition to clean vehicles depends on an adequate supply of zero emission vehicles,...

This report from UK think tank the Constitution Unit is the final report of the Working Group on Irish reunification. This report examines how any future referendums on the constitutional status of Northern Ireland would best be designed and conducted.

This report from UK think tank CLES looks at how the UK has failed to address longstanding geographical disparities in economic and social conditions. Local economic development should serve to ensure that economic gains are delivering social benefits at scale and are working within environmentally sustainable limits. Yet, at the latest count,14 million people are...

This report from UK think tank the IIED discusses unfinished business and pandemic disruption. There are clear challenges and opportunities for getting climate negotiations on track in 2021. After a lacklustre COP25, the vaunted 2020 ‘super year’ designed to reset the UNFCCC process succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite rolling postponements, the UNFCCC process...

This report from UK think tank the Adam Smith Institute looks at healthcare rationing in the NHS before and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Robert Sutton, a junior doctor in Wales and recent graduate of the University of Oxford Medical School, explains how the NHS is failing to meet its central goal: The National Health...

This report from UK think tank the IIED looks at perspectives from the Least Developed Countries. Billed as a ‘super year’ for climate diplomacy, international efforts to address the climate crisis in 2020 were among the myriad processes affected by COVID-19. Amid worldwide travel restrictions and lockdown measures, climate diplomacy moved to virtual mode. This...

This report from UK think tank the Work Foundation looks at how to tackle workforce challenges in adult social care. The Work Foundation and Totaljobs have developed a new guide to tackle workforce challenges in adult social care through research with care workers and engagement with providers and expert stakeholders.With an estimated workforce of 1.52...

This report from UK think tank the IIED looks at the LDC gaps and needs in greenhouse gas inventory reporting. From 2024, all countries will face more stringent reporting requirements on their climate action under the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework (ETF). For developing countries — and the least developed countries (LDCs) in particular —...

This report from UK think tank the Institute of Development Studies looks at how civic space has changed during the pandemic. Since long before the Covid-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, civic space has been changing all over the globe, generally becoming more restricted and hazardous. The pandemic brought the suspension of many fundamental freedoms in...

This report from UK think tank the Education Policy Institute looks at the current supply of teachers in England. This report from the Education Policy Institute, funded by the Gatsby Foundation, examines the current supply of teachers in England, and considers whether reforms to pay policy, particularly at a local level, may lead to improvements...

This report from UK think tank Bright Blue looks at the options for reforming residential property taxes in England. England’s system of property taxes is in urgent need of reform. Council Tax, devised in a hurry to resolve political difficulties after the demise of the Poll Tax, hits those in low-value homes hardest, and bears...

This report from UK think tank Chatham House provides an analysis of competing fiscal, contractual and institutional regimes. In recent years, Venezuela has had to contend with several crises that have left its hydrocarbons industry in a state of dramatic decline. Reinvigorating the production of oil and gas in the country will require significant changes...

This report from UK think tank The Sutton Trust looks at social mobility, covid and education recovery. In the 14 months that have passed since the closure of Britain’s schools in March 2020, our education system has faced an extraordinary challenge. Our priority now should be to do everything in our power to help young...

This article from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre looks at how UK commitments to tackle financial crime and corruption appear to disappear. Unsafe for Scrutiny's Project Director, Susan Coughtrie, highlights the importance of three British media outlets – Financial Times, openDemocracy & The Observer – publishing articles last week about the impact of...

This report from UK think tank Resolution Foundation is the launch report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry. This report marks the launch of The Economy 2030 Inquiry, a landmark collaboration between the Resolution Foundation and the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, funded by the Nuffield Foundation. Its contention is that...

This report from UK think tank the Centre for European Reform argue that Europe’s hawkish approach to debt and inflation is outdated. While the Biden administration is enacting a big fiscal stimulus to boost the recovery, Europe’s public debate is starting on when to withdraw economic support and start reducing debt. In their new Centre...

This report from UK think tank the Foreign Policy Centre examines the pressure on human rights in Tajikistan. After almost 30 years of independence, Tajikistan finds itself in a very difficult place, combining extreme poverty with a system that brooks no dissent. Tajikistan’s descent into authoritarianism has taken place gradually but inexorably since the end...

This report from UK think tank RUSI looks at how to counter the financing of self-activating terrorism in Europe. This Occasional Paper analyses the financial behaviours of self-activating terrorists from across the ideological spectrum and offers guidance on how CTF efforts might be shaped to the distinct contours of this threat.

This report from UK think tank the Nuffield Trust looks at financial support for those that need to isolate. Asking people with Covid-19 to self-isolate is vital to keep the pandemic under control as lockdown measures ease, yet only 52% of people who have symptoms isolate. This briefing by the Nuffield Trust and the Resolution...