This working paper draws parallels between past industrial revolutions and the green transition, advocating for proactive policies to harness technological advancements, manage economic disruptions, and mitigate inequalities to ensure a smooth and equitable transformation.

By exploring the multiple dimensions of public sector productivity, this report aims to contribute meaningfully to the debate about how to increase public sector productivity. It is also intended to provide researchers and policy-makers with a series of questions that prompt further exploration.

This policy brief seeks to contribute to the re-emerging topic of public service reform, which is returning largely due to concerns about the state of public services.

The rapid rollout of generative AI models, and public attention to Open AI’s ChatGPT, has raised concerns about AI’s impact on the economy and society. In the UK, policy-makers are looking to large language models and other so-called foundation models as ways to potentially improve economic productivity. This policy brief outlines which policy levers could...

Political parties cannot operate without income and, as a consequence, matters of political finance are of great importance to the quality of democracy. This paper explores the challenges to the current regulatory system for political finance in greater depth. It also discusses how the system may need to develop to deal with those challenges.