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From fiscal rules to fiscal traffic lights: rethinking the UK fiscal framework

The central contention of this report is that the UK fiscal framework has some desirable features but is not delivering …

Improving access to free school meals: Evaluating the implementation of free school meal auto-enrolment processes

To receive benefits-related free school meals in England, households must currently have an annual household income of less than £7,400 …

What Works in Cornwall?

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is developing a new food strategy to ensure good food for …

Strengthening Resilience to Climate Change Recommendations for an effective EU adaptation policy framework

Europe faces increasingly severe climate impacts, including rising loss of life, economic damages and ecosystem harm. While deep and sustained …

From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease

Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are engineered to heighten reward and accelerate delivery of reinforcing ingredients, driving compulsive consumption and disrupting appetite …

Corruption Perceptions Index 2025

The global order is under strain from rivalry between major powers, and dangerous disregard for international norms. Armed conflicts and …

UK Poverty 2026

The essential guide to understanding poverty in the UK

Cities Outlook 2026

Cities Outlook, our annual health check of the economic performance of urban Britain, offers a deep dive into the latest …

The State of the Nation's Food Industry 2025

Which UK food businesses are supporting the transition to more healthy and sustainable diets and what needs to happen next?

The State of the World’s Children 2025

This edition of The State of the World’s Children reveals an urgent reality: Progress in reducing child poverty is under …

UK analysis: State of the Worlds Children

There are record numbers of children living in poverty in the UK. Experiencing poverty in childhood can cause lasting damage …

High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP-Interim Progress Report

Roadmap to Reducing Food Insecurity in the UK

Millions of people across the UK are still facing food insecurity with the latest figures showing one in 10 households …

Proposals for Reforms to the Debt Management Office’s Financing Remit

This paper sets out proposals for changes to the Debt Management Office’s (DMO) financing remit. It places these proposals in …

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring …

A Minimum Income Standard for the United Kingdom in 2025

The Minimum Income Standard (MIS) provides a vision of the living standards that we, as a society, agree everyone in …

Fiscal risks and sustainability July 2025

The UK’s public finances have emerged from a series of major global economic shocks in a relatively vulnerable position. At …

How does the government spend? A functional model of the UK Exchequer

In this chapter, we examine the existing legal, institutional and policy framework which governs the UK Exchequer and show how …

The Cost of Hunger and Hardship

Executive summary This report demonstrates that there is a clear economic case for action to reduce the number of people …

The self-financing state: an institutional analysis of government expenditure, revenue collection and debt issuance operations in the United Kingdom

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

Valuing What Counts: Framework to Progress Beyond Gross Domestic Product

Today, the world is facing catastrophic and inter- connected crises – including climate change, deteriorating ecosystems and biodiversity loss, devastating …

Money creation in the modern economy

This article explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans.