The world is facing a second energy crisis in four years. This report recommends the government act urgently to mitigate the risk of war in Iran from causing long-term damage to the United Kingdom economy and public finances. It explores how an intervention that caps energy prices can limit inflation and insure against the worst...

The politics of artificial intelligence (AI) is set to drastically change in 2026 as recent technical breakthroughs are implemented across the economy. This report draws reflections from work on AI policy and highlights next steps, with recommendations for governments seeking to demonstrate that they are intervening ambitiously in their citizens’ interests.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the information environment and becoming a new front door through which the public access the news. This analysis reviews how four leading AI tools – ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews – respond to news queries. The report finds it is essential that the government incentivises robust...

Generative AI can be economically disruptive through its impact on wage inequality, wealth inequality and potential job displacement. In this report, the authors examine what policy's role in the future of AI could be.

The authors of this paper argue that where competition policy is insufficient, new types of public ownership structures should be considered, in order to align business decisions with the public interest and macroeconomic stability.