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Top of the class? Examining the state of leadership and management in education
Education is strongly linked with economic success, yet education quality in the UK lags behind many comparable countries. This report examines the central role that better leadership and management have to play in addressing this, and makes recommendations for how the government can improve the quality of leadership and management in the UK education system.
| Published: | 16 November 2023 |
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| Author(s): | Richard Hyde, Niamh O Regan |
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Getting the measure of transport poverty: Understanding and responding to the UK’s hidden crisis
As the single largest cost for millions of households across the UK, understanding the financial burden of transport is critical to decreasing poverty. Yet, unlike for energy or housing, there is no metric in place to track the cost and accessibility of transport. This report seeks to fill that gap by developing a measure to demonstrate the causes, locations and depths of transport poverty.
| Published: | 15 November 2023 |
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| Author: | Gideon Salutin |
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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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Fraudulent times: Identifying a consensus for an agenda to beat fraud
We are in the midst of a fraud emergency, but efforts to tackle it have consistently fallen short of reversing its growth in recent years. This report argues that a more concerted and long-term effort against fraud is needed, requiring a “whole eco-system” approach based around extensive cooperation by all those involved in the fraud chain and between the public and private sectors.
| Published: | 30 October 2023 |
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| Author: | Richard Hyde |
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A tale of two human rights lawyers: Could a Labour government realise a better future in the UK for refugee protection with control?
The question of whether and, if so, how countries can construct arrangements to transfer asylum seekers to other countries is viewed with alarm by most supporters of refugee rights. But this need not be so. This briefing shows how Labour’s focus on the potential for tough action on Channel crossings, when combined with improved responsibility sharing for refugees across Europe, may represent a way forward that is compatible with the Refugee Convention, and a preferable alternative to the ‘Rwanda scheme’.
| Published: | 24 October 2023 |
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| Author: | Jonathan Thomas |
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Supply change: Seizing opportunity in the UK heat pump supply chain
Despite the government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050, the UK’s heat pump supply chain is still in its infancy and remains much weaker than in mainland Europe or Asia. This report explores the economic and environmental benefits of making the UK’s heat pump supply chain more robust and provides recommendations for how to turn this opportunity into a reality.
| Published: | 18 October 2023 |
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| Author: | Niamh O Regan |
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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 |