A Government promise to deliver full fibre broadband to every home by 2025 is likely to be missed unless ministers make radical changes to telecoms policy, a new report warns today.

The Government’s Heat Pump Investment Roadmap is a late addition to the mass of ‘Green Day’ announcements. Whilst the commitment to heat pumps is clear and welcome, the reliance on private investment may be overly optimistic, argues Niamh O Regan.

Ethnic minority and poorer students more likely to drop out of English universities

Multiply – the Government’s new multi-year adult numeracy programme to be launched in the Autumn – aims to address the UK's maths crisis. In this blog, whilst welcoming the additional funding and commitment to levelling up adult education, Linus Pardoe sets out three challenges that the programme needs to be overcome to make the money count.

Government delays to net zero targets will hold back the development of the heat pump industry, derailing efforts to lower households’ energy bills, new research from a think tank suggests.

Nearly six in ten (57%) people say tech giants – like Meta and TikTok – should share responsibility for reimbursing fraud victims with banks and building societies as ‘fraudemic’ sees one in ten targeted.

From speaking to landlords, we know that their greatest obstacle (and simultaneously, their greatest motivator) on going green is regulation. Postponing stricter energy efficiency requirements would be a mistake – jeopardising both the Government’s commitment to net zero and better housing.

The Social Market Foundation's response to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement 2022.

The Conservatives are doomed to repeat history, where tax cuts don’t meet expectations of growth – unless UK companies are made to invest again in people and infrastructure, writes Andrew O'Brien.