Resource Library
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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Testing Resilience
Report · 27pp
The evolving conflict in the Middle East has human and economic costs for the countries directly involved, and will test … 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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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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Potential Pathways and Solutions to Acute Food System Crisis in the UK
Research Paper · 27pp
There is increasing concern in many advanced economies about the risks of disruption and crises in agri-food systems. Government departments … Food Food Insecurity |
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The crisis we are not naming: The psychology of capitalism
Research Paper · 10pp
Psychology has rendered capitalism invisible, treating in- dividualism as cultural inheritance rather than a response to contemporary economic conditions. Building … |
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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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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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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 self-financing state: an institutional analysis of government expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance operations in the United Kingdom
PDF · 35pp
This paper provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK Government’s expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance processes. We … Money Creation |
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Valuing What Counts: Framework to Progress Beyond Gross Domestic Product
PDF · 15pp
Today, the world is facing catastrophic and inter- connected crises – including climate change, deteriorating ecosystems and biodiversity loss, devastating … Beyond GDP |