Should the Green Belt be preserved?

Average house prices have doubled in the last decade. Demand for housing has outstripped supply to such an extent that housing has become a national policy priority for the Brown government, as well as a staple topic of conversation at dinner parties. Read more...

Giving something back: Business, volunteering and healthy communities

In this publication, all parties consider the role that government and business can play in pushing forward employee volunteering. Read more...

The future of private renting in the UK

This report argues that the growth of the privately rented sector over the previous fifteen years has been a major success and that success has been driven primarily by market forces. Read more...

Permission to engage?

In this essay, published in 2004, Paul Richards observes that voter disengagement, particularly among the urban working class, is effectively bringing about the reversal of the Reform Acts. Read more...