Report
Towards a childcare guarantee
Childcare and early education in England isn’t working – for children, parents or providers. This report argues that it’s time for a childcare guarantee to lower barriers for parents getting back into work, to reduce costs for families with children, and to ensure every child...
Report
Trust issues: dealing with distrust in politics
Liberal democracy across the West is under strain. The causes of these democratic challenges are many and complex, but there is a common thread - a decline in political trust. This report outlines four major areas of challenge for policy-makers to focus on to improve...
Policy report
Children of the pandemic
While the UK Government has taken strong actions to support firms and some workers, this paper argues that further measures are needed to support children and their families.
Report
Not cashless, but less cash: economic justice and the future of UK payments
This report argues that shaping the transition to an increasingly digital economy to deliver economic justice will require continued access to cash, alongside improved access to digital financial services that work for everyone.
Report
The future is ours: women, automation and equality in the digital age
Automation – or the substitution of labour for capital – has triggered dystopian visions of mass joblessness, as well as utopian visions of a world with no work. This paper argues that automation presents an opportunity to narrow gender inequalities, and sets out four propositions...