Everything government, Parliament, the statistical agencies and the major policy institutes published — read, summarised and ranked so you can skim the day in a minute.
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Reports that prominent athletes including Lord Sebastian Coe and Dame Kelly Holmes back a ‘Right to Sport’ campaign as the Prime Minister signals plans to overhaul physical education to help young people spend more time in sport.
E3G's Japanese analysis examines shifts around the Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC), noting partners’ differing priorities between fuel security and accelerating clean energy, and highlights Philippine opportunities for grid and clean‑energy cooperation under an updated 'AZEC 2.0'.
Argues that the civil service must decide how far to replace or augment human officials with AI systems, discussing trade-offs between automation, accountability and maintaining human judgement in government functions.
New Local has published a protected post titled ‘Tackling Poverty – case studies from members’, indicating a members‑only collection of local case studies on poverty interventions but no public excerpt is available.
The review finds public confidence in the justice system rises when the system is more transparent, more diverse and when the public are involved and understand processes; greater openness and participation are recommended to improve trust and legitimacy.
Contends that standard joint military and civil exercises assume single, recognisable crises with clear ends, while compounded crises violate these assumptions and current readiness reporting fails to detect such complexity.
IPPR supported Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s pledge for a National Care Service, arguing social care should be free at the point of need like NHS care, and criticising current arrangements that leave dementia care means‑tested.
Essex County Council has launched a private security operation called Operation Vanguard to ‘reassure’ residents; the authors question whether it provides reassurance or effectively reinforces private policing and its implications for accountability and public oversight.
Liana Fix assesses Germany’s historic rearmament and its implications for European security as Russian aggression intensifies and confidence in US willingness to defend Europe weakens, exploring defence policy shifts, burden-sharing and strategic consequences for NATO.
With the Hormuz crisis tightening energy supplies, Russia is assessed as likely to test Europe’s resolve this winter; the report flags cyberattacks against energy infrastructure as the most credible and immediate threat to supply security.
Analysis argues the government cannot yet say how much the triple lock change will save because the mechanism depends on future earnings growth and complex interactions that make immediate savings uncertain.
Argues that branding subsistence farmers as backward is harmful: peasant practices provide sustainable stewardship of land and resist destructive commercial capitalism, with examples such as a Cambodian rice farmer whose culture treats land and rice as sacred.
Survey experiments using Opus 4.6 and GPT‑5.1 produced markedly different synthetic public‑opinion results, with neither model’s output matching actual human survey benchmarks, highlighting model-dependent distortions in AI polling.
Commentary titled 'Can Zack fight back?'—a short Institute for Government piece (likely a podcast or blog note) discussing political dynamics around figure 'Zack' and prospects for recovery; appears aimed at contemporary political analysis.
The Institute for Government praises Andy Burnham’s proposals for social care workers and reform but warns that timely implementation is crucial for the plans to succeed.
Argues that measured productivity understates AI’s economic payoff because GDP and productivity metrics miss much “free” digital output; investment and equity valuations show an AI boom, but commentators Torsten Slok, Hal Varian and Robert Solow note the productivity payoff remains largely a forecast.
US polling finds the Iran conflict is widely unpopular: 65% disapprove of President Trump’s handling of US military action, 33% approve, and many Americans expect the conflict to continue for months.
ONS counted 981,000 16–24-year-old NEETs in April–June 2026, with 393,000 actively unemployed. The number has risen for four years and only Romania now has a higher NEET rate in the EU, the paper argues for urgent labour-market reform.
Argues for outcome‑based university funding as many UK institutions struggle: over a third reported deficits in 2024–25, forecast to rise to four in ten in 2025–26, with study visa applications down nearly a third in early 2026, squeezing revenues.
Digital twin synthetic surveys performed poorly at estimating public sentiment overall and were especially error‑prone for some subgroups, notably Republicans and Black adults, calling into question AI stand‑ins for human survey‑takers.
The Fabian Society argues that the broad political consensus in favour of tackling climate change has weakened, noting past Conservative commitments such as net zero legislation, coal phase‑out and ending new petrol and diesel car sales.
A forward-looking Almanack sets out 2027 political forecasts: a close French presidential contest where the National Rally could win, Xi Jinping likely securing a fourth term at China’s Party Congress, and other geopolitical trends to watch.
Global polling by Pew finds 64% of Americans in 2026 say social media harms democracy, with public attitudes in many other countries becoming markedly more negative compared with earlier years.
Synthetic survey responses did not match real public opinion on timely early‑2026 topics, showing large errors on presidential approval and attitudes toward data centres, indicating digital twins poorly capture current public mood on topical questions.
Argues commissioning should shift from transactional procurement to relational, learning-centred approaches that better connect policy priorities with frontline delivery, fostering collaboration, iterative improvement and stronger outcomes for local services.
A webinar launching Destitution in the UK 2026, presenting research on destitution and arguing for bold policy responses; scheduled for Thursday 26 November, 2:00–3:30pm.
Contends the UK and EU prioritise sanctions rhetorically but current enforcement levels and the paucity of reliable data make it hard to substantiate that claim or measure effectiveness.
Argues organic farming is intrinsically more land- and labour‑intensive than industrial agriculture, making it cash‑costlier because pesticides and fertilisers substitute for land and labour; any non‑cash benefits should be paid for by consumers.
IPPR seeks an Associate Director for Public Services to lead research and policy work aimed at promoting fairer, greener and more prosperous public services within the organisation’s charitable mission.
Argues for a UK national open‑source intelligence centre to set standards and coordinate government analysis, complementing the new information defence centre aimed at hostile state threats.