Latest Publications
We publish research reports and briefing papers under the following five main categories. Click a category below or use the search box to find what you are looking for.
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Carefully, compassionately: Canadian lessons on assisted dying
Objectors to assisted dying policy often cite Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme to exemplify the danger of doing so, including concerns about due process and eligibility. The following briefing is designed to evaluate where Canada has gone wrong, why it should not deter policymakers in Britain, and how we learn from Canadian mistakes to ensure assisted dying can be safe.
| Published: | 11 November 2024 |
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| Author: | Gideon Salutin |
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A capital idea? A change of approach to helping small firms to increase their investment
SMEs will have a key role in closing the UK’s investment gap with other economies. However, to ensure that SMEs can make such a contribution a more strategic policy approach towards SME investment is needed – one that goes beyond the focus on corporation tax rate and more generous capital allowances.
| Published: | 23 October 2024 |
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| Author: | Richard Hyde |
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Taking responsibility: How the government can improve enforcement of farmed animal welfare laws
Most Britons eat meat, but consumers increasingly care about where it comes from. In this report, we set out to understand how farmed animal welfare standards are enforced, and how that enforcement can best be improved.
| Published: | 21 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, John Asthana Gibson |
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Things worth knowing: The role of assumed knowledge in youth transitions from education to employment
This report examines how access to 'assumed knowledge' - certain unspoken, untaught information that helps them ‘get ahead’ - varies among young people based on socioeconomic background, and the way it hinders social mobility.
| Published: | 17 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Dani Payne, Jamie Gollings |
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Fiscally Responsible: The case for reforming Remote Gaming Duty
Online casino gaming is currently undertaxed by the UK - compared to other sectors and other countries. Ahead of the Autumn Budget 2024, this report makes the case for increasing the tax on online casino gaming, and explores public appetite for such a move.
| Published: | 15 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Dr James Noyes, Aveek Bhattacharya, Gideon Salutin |
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Out with the bang: Examining the case for alternatives to traditional fireworks
Fireworks have become part and parcel of British winters and cultural life - but they can cause serious harm to all types of animals. This report outlines how we can minimise the impact of these celebrations on animals, while not taking away the enjoyment that people derive from them.
| Published: | 10 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Dani Payne, Niamh O Regan |
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The fight for trust
Trust in government is at a historic low. In this paper, Steve van Riel argues that overcoming falling levels of trust will require rethinking how we understand the concept. He sets out aims to help policymakers look a layer beneath the abstract concept of trust, and be “strategic about where greater trust will really make a difference”.
| Published: | 10 October 2024 |
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| Author: | Steve van Riel |
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Growing connections: The challenges and opportunities of achieving ubiquitous 5G mobile connectivity in the UK
This briefing assesses the economic, social and environmental gains that enhancing the UK’s mobile network infrastructure and ubiquitous 5G mobile connectivity could deliver for the UK, and provides a brief overview of the key challenges holding back the UK from reaping those rewards.
| Published: | 07 October 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, John Asthana Gibson |
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It’s a fraudster’s world: Exploring the scale, impact, and globally interconnected nature of fraud against consumers
Fraud is a growing problem around the world. This report provides a sense of the scale of fraud across 15 countries, highlights the need for international collaboration to make a meaningful impact on fraud and identifies key obstacles hindering counter-fraud efforts and how to overcome them.
| Published: | 28 September 2024 |
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| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, John Asthana Gibson |