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Fair Markets
Markets are the best way to create and distribute wealth, but they don’t always work well for all the people in them. We research ways that sensible interactions between the state and the private sector can maximise growth and fairness.
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Member choice, to complement small pots’ consolidation
In the Autumn Statement 2023, the Chancellor announced a call for evidence on a lifetime provider model for pensions. This briefing, with a foreword from pensions minister Paul Maynard, details a “member choice” proposal, which would simplify the pensions market by allowing individuals to move towards having one pension pot for life, thereby helping to tackle the long-standing problem of “small pot” pensions.
| Published: | 13 December 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Michael Johnson, Tom McPhail |
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Are regulations achieving their objectives? Post Implementation Reviews – why they should be done, why they aren’t done and how to get them done
Regulatory policy is often under-prioritised by governments, particularly when compared with the detailed focus associated with tax and spending measures. Even where a clear policy development process is adopted and applied for regulatory measures, it rarely has the same profile or attendant resources as applied to fiscal measures. This paper, with a foreword by John Penrose MP, highlights one aspect of this regulatory policy deficit – the lack of priority given to evaluation and ex-post review of regulatory measures.
| Published: | 12 December 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Stephen Gibson, Krishna Kenche |
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RAMPing up? Lessons from TestRAMP as a marketplace solution for COVID-19 testing
TestRAMP established a marketplace to boost supply, availability and affordability of PCR testing during the COVID-19 pandemic. This briefing considers the general lessons learned from that experience and high-level implications for how to scale up markets in scarce critical resources, or ‘crisis markets’, in times of emergency.
| Published: | 06 December 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Mike Hudson, Sam Robinson |
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Putting intensive farming out to pasture: Can alternative proteins reduce farmed animal suffering?
The market for meat alternatives has grown rapidly over the last decade, yet they still only account for 1% of the global meat market. This report, the third and final instalment of a series, investigates the potential for further growth in the alternative meat market, and how far these products can drive a meaningful shift in eating habits.
| Published: | 13 November 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Jake Shepherd, Aveek Bhattacharya |
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The scale of the opportunity: How growing firms can contribute to the UK economy
Building on the findings of a previous report investigating the barriers to the expansion of ‘scale-ups’, this briefing digs deeper into the characteristics of ‘scale-ups’ and their significant contribution to the British economy, providing fresh evidence to support our recommendations to encourage scale-up growth.
| Published: | 08 November 2023 |
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| Author: | John Asthana Gibson |
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Bare necessities: Towards an improved framework for social tariffs in the UK
The cost of living crisis has left many households struggling to afford essential goods and services. This report explores the case for social tariffs – discounts offered to certain vulnerable customers – the goods they are best suited to and how they should be designed to deliver for all.
| Published: | 29 September 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Sam Robinson, John Asthana Gibson |
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Full scale: How to ensure more British firms grow to their potential
The UK is an attractive place to start a business, but those start-ups find it harder than in other countries to scale up. This report looks beyond the issue of access to capital to highlight other barriers holding UK businesses back from expanding and realising their full potential.
| Published: | 26 September 2023 |
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| Author(s): | John Asthana Gibson, Aveek Bhattacharya |
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Chewing it over: Public attitudes to alternative proteins and meat reduction
Whereas vegetarianism and veganism were once relatively fringe, interest in reducing meat consumption – whether on animal welfare, health or environmental grounds – is on the rise. This report, the second of three in a series on the impact of alternative proteins on animals, investigates public attitudes towards meat reduction and the role of alternative proteins in these societal shifts.
| Published: | 05 September 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Aveek Bhattacharya, Christopher Bryant, Abby Couture |
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Social tariffs and the cost of living: Assessing the case for social tariffs as a mechanism to ensure access to essentials
As the cost of living crisis intensifies, there are growing concerns that the market is unable to provide affordable access to essential goods and services. This interim report investigates the depths of the affordability crisis and the case for social tariffs – discounts on products sold in free markets granted to disadvantaged consumers – as a means of helping those most in need during the current crisis, and beyond.
| Published: | 17 August 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Sam Robinson, John Asthana Gibson |