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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Public satisfaction with the NHS and social care in 2025: Results from the British Social Attitudes survey
Report · 46pp
This year’s responses to the annual British Social Attitudes survey on the NHS and social care are as complex to … Health |
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The Good Food Bill: Fixing Food For Good
Report · 14pp
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Healthy food sales reporting: progress, pitfalls, and the risk of industry gaming
Web Article · 1pp
Food businesses play a major role in what we eat, which in turn shapes both our health and the environment. … Food |
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Climate adaptation and mitigation in the agri-food system
Report · 359pp
Only a systemic transition, featuring both structural and technical change, can climate-proof the European agri-food system, while also addressing concerns … Food Food Insecurity |
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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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Environmental change, hunger and hardship in the UK
Report · 16pp
In 2025 , Trussell commissioned an Environmental Evidence Review to explore the links between environmental issues and the drivers of … 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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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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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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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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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 |
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THE BROKEN PLATE 2025: The State of the Nation’s Food System
Report
Recent years, marked by the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis, have been very tough for very many. And many people have … Food Food Insecurity |
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Kings Over the Necessaries of Life: Monopolization and the Elimination of Competition in America’s Agriculture System
Report · 206pp
This report sets out definitive evidence that a handful of monopolistic corporations have consolidated a dangerous amount of power over … Food Food Insecurity |
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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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Understanding the central bank balance sheet
Research Paper · 26pp
The central bank’s balance sheet plays a critical role in the functioning of the economy. The main liabilities of the … Central Bank Operations Money Creation |
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Money creation in the modern economy
PDF · 14pp
This article explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans. Money Creation |