We identify five options for improving the situation that could be adopted at the forthcoming spending review – or sooner.

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"Households are once again facing higher bills as gas prices rise. The public is clear—they want to end this costly reliance and shift to homegrown, secure, and low-cost renewables. "The transition to ...

A Minimum Income Guarantee pilot would empower carers to take control of their own lives and regain some independence from a state that has become overly reliant on their unpaid labour and goodwill to ...

The universal credit is a sound idea. Any reform that improves incentives to work and humanises the benefits system is welcome. However, it faces several challenges in its ambition to 'make work pay' ...

The political challenges that Britain faces are severe. Everyday democracy is key to responding to them effectively. It is, nonetheless, an aspect of our politics that the centre-left has overlooked ...

This in-depth case study report presents the findings from new research into the causes, processes and effects of human trafficking from Nigeria to the UK. Taking a 'whole of journey' approach, it ...

We make today’s bold ideas tomorrow’s common sense. Following the recently announced cuts to aid spending – taking official development assistance (ODA) from 0.5 per cent of GNI to 0.3 per cent – it ...

As the number of maternal breadwinners continues to rise across Europe, this report compares the demographics of this phenomenon both across the continent and in Britain and Germany specifically, ...