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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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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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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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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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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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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
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This paper provides the first detailed institutional analysis of the UK Government’s expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance processes. We … Money Creation |