IFS - Key decisions await the pensions minister after the election
How will the next government change pensions policies? This report examines key decisions that need to be taken.
Updated: Mon Jun 10 2024
IPPR - Revealed: Billions at stake and net zero goals threatened as UK falls behind in the race for wind manufacturing
The UK is currently missing out on thousands of jobs and billions for the economy due to its slow pace at manufacturing and installing offshore wind farms, according to a new report from IPPR
Updated: Mon Jun 10 2024
Adam Smith Inst - State Pension Could Go Bust As Early As 2035
In 2021, the last time that it was measured, the State Pension had a total obligation to the British people of £8.9 trillion- three times the UK's current GDP. This is set to balloon even further, due to the ratchet effect of the triple lock
Updated: Fri Jun 07 2024
Discussing Deepfakes how could we respond to the threat of new deepfake technologies and seize the potential of synthet
In 2024 more than four billion people around the world are eligible to vote in elections.
Updated: Fri Jun 07 2024
IFG - Revealed: The true scale and severity of the problems facing the next government
To provide a credible vision for the country, the parties' manifestos must set out a plan to address the challenges the country is facing
Updated: Fri Jun 07 2024
IFS - Core funding for English councils still 18% lower per resident than in 201011, and costs are rising
Increases in council funding over the last parliament have not reversed big cuts made during the 2010s, with spending on many services still down 40%.
Updated: Fri Jun 07 2024
Revealed: Neglect of rural areas in transport planning increases risk of missing climate targets, new IPPR report
Rural Scots, particularly those living on low incomes, feel let down by Holyrood as poor bus provision leaves them stranded or reliant on cars.
Updated: Fri Jun 07 2024
IFS - Deep-seated education inequalities and growing absence and mental health challenges await next government
The next government will inherit a mixed legacy: England is one of the world's top performers in school attainment but there are deep inequalities.
Updated: Thu Jun 06 2024
IFS - The state of education: what awaits the next government?
The next government will inherit a mixed legacy: England is one of the world's top performers in school attainment but there are deep inequalities.
Updated: Thu Jun 06 2024
The Kings Fund - NHS waiting times: how are different service waiting times linked?
The time it takes for a patient to be seen or treated by a particular service or health practitioner is often used, alongside other metrics, as one measure of quality of care.
Updated: Thu Jun 06 2024
What to expect from techUKs Scale-Up Council
Following a competitive set of elections, I am delighted to announce that techUK's Scale-Up Council has now elected a new Chair and Vice-Chair. x () will lead the Council as Chair. The Vice-Chair position will be filled by x ().
Updated: Thu Jun 06 2024
IFS - How do the parties policy proposals fit in with their fiscal rules?
Whoever is Chancellor will find it difficult to keep debt on course to fall, and borrowing to fund Labour's green investment plan would make it harder
Updated: Wed Jun 05 2024
IFS - Should the pensions lifetime allowance be reintroduced and, if so, how?
Budget 2023 abolished the lifetime limit on tax-privileged pension savings. Labour has committed to reintroducing it. Would that be a good idea?
Updated: Wed Jun 05 2024
JRF - Nearly 1 million people only 10 a week away from poverty as political leaders urged to set out their plans for tac
As Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer prepare to debate this evening, new analysis from JRF has found that alongside millions of people already in poverty, further millions are “teetering on the edge”. JRF is calling on the party leaders to set out what they will do to tackle this “stain on the moral conscience of our nation”.
Updated: Wed Jun 05 2024
The Kings Fund - Social care in a nutshell
Unlike NHS services, social care is not free at the point of use. Find out who is eligible for publicly funded social care, how many people have requested support, and how many people's needs are not being met.
Updated: Wed Jun 05 2024
The Kings Fund responds to the to the Labour Partys pledge to progress the New Hospital Programme
Sarah Woolnough, Chief Executive of The King's Fund responds to the Labour Party's pledge to progress the New Hospital Programme
Updated: Wed Jun 05 2024
How digital and green technologies are poised to deliver sustainable economic growth for the UK
techUK's Digital Economy blog series where we deep dive into defining trends across the tech sector.
Updated: Tue Jun 04 2024
IFG - The next government must end begging bowl culture of local growth funding
Central government's over-reliance on competitive bidding to fund local and combined authorities is not working for anyone and inhibits local growth, warns a new Institute for Government report.
Updated: Mon Jun 03 2024
IFS - Past 15 years have been worst for income growth in generations
Weak income growth - widespread for richer and poorer people, older and younger people - has been with us since the Great Recession.
Updated: Mon Jun 03 2024
CSJ - Punish the perpetrators of modern slavery, not the victims
Once a global leader in the fight against modern slavery, in recent years the UK has made significant steps backwards by confusing modern slavery with organized immigration crime, punishing victims for their immigration status and letting traffickers off scot-free.
Updated: Fri May 31 2024
EU Digital ID Regulation mandates Member States to provide Digital Identity Wallets for Citizens
A new boost for Digital ID in Europe
Updated: Fri May 31 2024
How could Britain build the next tech giants?
techUK's Digital Economy blog series where we deep dive into defining trends across the tech sector.
Updated: Fri May 31 2024
JRF - Politicians must urgently address relentless reality of hardship as 7 million households continue to go without es
New research from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows the relentless reality of years-long hardship for low-income families, with almost 5 million households finding themselves having to cut back on showers. Those on the lowest incomes, over 5 million households, have continued to go hungry, skip meals and cut back on food.
Updated: Fri May 31 2024
techUK announces new Scale-Up Council
techUK has elected a new Scale-Up Council and we're delighted to have such a great calibre of individuals and organisations represented.
Updated: Fri May 31 2024
techUK to visit Washington D.C. for Strategic Engagement
Showcasing our commitment to bolstering transatlantic technology relations, techUK's CEO, Julian David, and Associate Director for International Policy and Trade, Sabina Ciofu, are scheduled to visit Washington D.C. from 3 to 5 June, 2024.
Updated: Fri May 31 2024