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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NIESR examines the case for wealth taxation, arguing wealth has grown far faster than incomes in the UK while the tax system still favours income over wealth and exploring options to raise revenue from the wealthy.
The Competition and Markets Authority reports to the Secretary of State on jurisdiction and competition tests relating to the previously anticipated January 2024 acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Holdings by RB Investco Limited, assessing public interest considerations.
The Competition and Markets Authority submitted a November 2023 report to the Secretary of State on jurisdiction and competition tests for the previously anticipated acquisition of Telegraph Media Group by RedBird IMI, assessing competition and public interest matters.
Bank of England Research publishes a review of central counterparty (CCP) collateral rules focused on the treatment of letters of credit, assessing implications for margining and resilience in UK financial market infrastructure.
Government updates proposed commercial frameworks for CCUS business models covering transport and storage, power sector arrangements and industrial carbon capture, setting out how commercial arrangements might support deployment and investment.
Statistical analysis of how elective inpatient and outpatient treatments—and waiting times—affect benefit receipt in England between April 2014 and April 2024, examining links between waiting lists and claimant outcomes.
Presents new findings that improving household economic security can itself drive productivity growth, positioning economic security as a policy lever for stronger, more resilient economic performance.
Analysis claims only one in five of the additional payroll jobs created in Britain since 2014 went to British nationals, a finding presented as a notable change in the nationality composition of job gains.
IPPR proposes a 2% online sales tax plus a 1% charge on click-and-collect purchases to raise at least £1.5bn, using revenue to cut business rates for leisure, hospitality and retail on local high streets.
Staff paper models optimal monetary policy responses to climate policy shocks, analysing how central banks should react when climate policies produce economic disturbances; aims to inform debate on policy frameworks and macroprudential interactions amid transition risks.
IPPR argues England needs to rebuild social housing as a stable, counter-cyclical source of demand, calling for more than grant funding: scaled delivery through devolution and structural reforms to transform housing supply and resilience.
Research examines how domestic and foreign insurers' demand for corporate bonds interacts with monetary policy, exploring implications for market functioning and transmission of policy changes via insurer portfolios and cross‑border flows.
New analysis finds the poorest students gain most from attending university and urges higher education institutions to increase outreach and support aimed at low-income pupils to improve access and boost life-time returns to degrees for disadvantaged groups.
IPPR argues for an online sales tax to level the playing field between high streets and e‑commerce, claiming current business taxes overburden physical retail and that high streets provide wider social and economic infrastructure.
Contends the Bank of England should continue paying interest on banks’ reserves, setting out fiscal and monetary arguments against removing the interest payment as a revenue-raising measure for the Chancellor.
The 2026 Skills England annual report identifies key challenges across the skills system and publishes Sectoral Skills Needs Assessments outlining demand and supply gaps in priority sectors to inform policy and workforce planning.
NIESR argues ending the state pension ‘triple lock’ is a welcome move but should be implemented sooner rather than later. The triple lock, introduced in 2011, raises pensions by CPI inflation, average earnings, or 2.5%—whichever is highest.
The Regulator of Social Housing’s 2026 Financial Forecasts for private registered providers report finds social housing landlords plan record levels of spending on repairs and new homes, setting out sector investment trends.
A new report examines the costs to Britain of Russian hostility, arguing government must quantify the economic and strategic burden—dubbed the 'Putin Tax'—that sanctions and ongoing tensions impose on the UK.
Ahead of the 28 October Budget, NIESR warns of rising inflation driven by elevated global energy prices and examines tensions between fiscal tightening and monetary policy, exploring implications for growth, inflation and public borrowing.
An overview of financial forecasts from private registered providers of social housing for 2026, summarising projected incomes, costs and financial health indicators across the sector to inform regulation and oversight.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation examines the scale of living standards challenges for Andy Burnham’s area, assessing pressures on low- and middle-income households and options to restore income growth amid the cost of living crisis.
Finds that without government intervention UK energy bills would be about £200 higher than at the peak of the Russia–Ukraine crisis, and urges action to protect essential energy consumption for all households.
Ad hoc analysis quantifying the effects of the adjusted Triple Lock on State Pension spending and recipients for 2026, examining distributional and fiscal implications of the uprating change.
The Subsidy Advice Unit published a report prepared for Invest Northern Ireland evaluating a proposed subsidy to Ryanair Holdings plc, assessing the measures and their compliance with public subsidy rules and likely economic effects for Northern Ireland.
Assesses methods and impacts of a new component approach to measuring UK labour productivity, covering methodology changes and their effects on productivity estimates for 1997–2024.
The CMA’s Subsidy Advice Unit published a report for Transport Scotland assessing the proposed Scottish Zero Emission Truck Fund subsidy scheme, setting out competition and subsidy advice on its design and effects.
Using the SAVM cohort simulation, scenarios where vaping displaces smoking project large public‑health gains: under an optimistic model reducing smoking prevalence to 5%, the US analysis estimated 6.6 million premature deaths averted and 86.7 million life‑years saved to 2100.
IPPR’s paper models a mutual recognition agreement (MRA) allowing EU acceptance of UK testing bodies and finds it could boost UK exports by £3.7–£6.5 billion annually (around 0.1–0.18% of GDP), concentrated in automobiles, pharmaceuticals and electronics.
Finds that introducing rent controls would slow private rent growth and therefore reduce the fiscal cost of uprating Local Housing Allowance to reflect market rents, cutting the bill for restoring the link between LHA and local rents.