An alarming number of children are missing out on the social and educational benefits of school. A crisis of lost learning is sweeping across schools in England. Children cannot learn if they are not ...

For decades, governments of all stripes have promised to give children a better, healthier start to life. But despite this – and some notable policy successes – the UK continues to fall short on ...

The UK’s competition framework — and its regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority — has struggled to prevent rising market concentration and stagnant productivity. At the same time, the UK ...

Reliance on hotels has led to asylum accommodation and support costs soaring from £17,000 per person in 2019/20 to £41,000 in 2023/24 Muhammad said: “Asyl ...

The government must halt and reverse the UK's unprecedented environmental crisis and depleting natural environment, or risk missing key climate targets, says IPPR. The country ranks among the bottom ...

A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research into England’s planning system finds that the government will have to tackle unproductive land speculation and ramp up strategic planning ...

Asylum accommodation costs have soared in recent years, with billions of pounds being spent on housing people in inadequate conditions, which is both a waste of public funds and a failure to meet ...

Poor polling and local election results for Labour are part of western trend in which populists now claim a larger share of the vote (30 per cent) than the centre-left (24 per cent) David Miliband ...

Elections are the defining feature of modern democracy. They are the process by which we express a desired future en masse. It is the mass dimension that matters most; it is the mass dimension that is ...

Back office, entry level and part-time jobs most exposed to automation, and women significantly more affected 11 per cent of tasks are exposed to existing generative AI, rising to 59 per cent if ...

The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has outlined a new approach to modelling the growth impacts of public investment. Unlike before, this allows them to better reflect the economic benefits of ...

Excluded children are the most vulnerable: twice as likely to be in the care of the state, four times more likely to have grown up in poverty, seven times more likely to have a special educational ...