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Reports, papers, articles, and data from institutions like the OBR, IMF, OECD, Bank of England, ONS, United Nations, and The Lancet, alongside journalism and independent research. Topics range from monetary policy and public finance to food systems, corruption, and the cost of living. Longer documents include AI-generated summaries. Everything is indexed and searchable via the AI research assistant.
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Trillion Dollar Bills: The Costs of Transatlantic Dependence for Europe
Research Paper · 31pp
From imposing fossil energy dominance to NATO spending targets, the US is extracting more from Europe and putting the climate … Climate |
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Economic and fiscal outlook 2026
Report · 131pp
This Economic and fiscal outlook (EFO) sets out our central forecast and the uncertainties that surround it for the five … Fiscal Policy |
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A Plan for Places: Transforming Housing and Lowering the Cost of Living Through Home Improvement Corporations
Research Paper
Millions of households live in cold and damp homes that are increasingly expensive to heat and cause health problems. At … Housing |
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From fiscal rules to fiscal traffic lights: rethinking the UK fiscal framework
PDF · 72pp
The central contention of this report is that the UK fiscal framework has some desirable features but is not delivering … Fiscal Policy |
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Improving access to free school meals: Evaluating the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment processes
PDF · 27pp
To receive benefits-related free school meals in England, households must currently have an annual household income of less than £7,400 … Food Food Insecurity |
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What Works in Cornwall?
PDF · 8pp
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is developing a new food strategy to ensure good food for … Food Food Insecurity |
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Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change Recommendations for an effective EU adaptation policy framework
PDF · 169pp
Europe faces increasingly severe climate impacts, including rising loss of life, economic damages and ecosystem harm. While deep and sustained … Climate |
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Unsung Britain-A portrait of the country's poorer half
Research Paper · 202pp
This book, however, examines how this petering out of progress has played out among working-age families in the lower half … Poverty |
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From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease
PDF · 40pp
Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are engineered to heighten reward and accelerate delivery of reinforcing ingredients, driving compulsive consumption and disrupting appetite … Food |
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2025
PDF · 28pp
The global order is under strain from rivalry between major powers, and dangerous disregard for international norms. Armed conflicts and … Corruption |
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UK Poverty 2026
PDF · 221pp
The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK Child Poverty Poverty |
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Cities Outlook 2026
PDF · 42pp
Cities Outlook, our annual health check of the economic performance of urban Britain, offers a deep dive into the latest … |
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Why does England have unemployed GPs when patients can’t get GP appointments?
Web Article
With public satisfaction with general practice at an all-time low and patients frustrated by how difficult it is to secure … Health |
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The State of the Nation's Food Industry 2025
PDF · 51pp
Which UK food businesses are supporting the transition to more healthy and sustainable diets and what needs to happen next? Food |
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The State of the World’s Children 2025
PDF · 80pp
This edition of The State of the World’s Children reveals an urgent reality: Progress in reducing child poverty is under … Child Poverty |
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UK analysis: State of the Worlds Children
PDF · 5pp
There are record numbers of children living in poverty in the UK. Experiencing poverty in childhood can cause lasting damage … Child Poverty |
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High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP-Interim Progress Report
PDF · 7pp
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Roadmap to Reducing Food Insecurity in the UK
PDF · 27pp
Millions of people across the UK are still facing food insecurity with the latest figures showing one in 10 households … Food Food Insecurity |
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Proposals for Reforms to the Debt Management Office’s Financing Remit
PDF · 18pp
This paper sets out proposals for changes to the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) financing remit. It places these proposals in … Money Creation |
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The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
PDF · 76pp
The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring … Food |
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The Economic Benefit of Promoting Healthy Ageing and Community Care
Research Paper
3 THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT OF PROMOTING HEALTHY AGEING AND COMMUNITY CARE © OECD 2025 Foreword Growing demand for health … Community Care Health |
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A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2025
PDF · 49pp
The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we, as a society, agree everyone in … Mininum Income Standard |
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Fiscal risks and sustainability July 2025
PDF · 152pp
The UK’s public finances have emerged from a series of major global economic shocks in a relatively vulnerable position. At … Fiscal Policy |
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How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer
PDF · 40pp
In this chapter, we examine the existing legal, institutional and policy framework which governs the UK Exchequer and show how … Money Creation |
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The Cost of Hunger and Hardship
PDF · 135pp
Executive summary This report demonstrates that there is a clear economic case for action to reduce the number of people … Food Food Insecurity |