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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
IPPR estimates that absent a post‑Brexit mutual recognition deal on product testing, UK goods exports to the EU were £3.7–£6.5 billion lower per year between 2021–24, hitting autos, electronics and pharmaceuticals most and urging a priority MRA approach.
A government‑commissioned report models UK steel demand to 2050 to inform the UK steel strategy, providing long‑run demand forecasts intended to guide industrial policy, investment and decarbonisation planning for the sector.
Staff working paper examining how the composition of inflation influences monetary stabilisation, presenting ongoing research by Bank of England economists and inviting comment and debate on implications for policy.
Research quantifies the financial and time costs businesses incur to comply with regulations enforced by the Office for Product Safety and Standards, aiming to measure compliance burdens on firms.
Examines the Bank of England MPC’s 6–3 vote to hold Bank Rate at 3.75%, alongside its announcement to reduce the stock of gilts held (quantitative tightening), analysing the economic rationale and likely market and policy implications.
A Bank of England staff working paper analyses dealer-specific pricing in synthetic dollar funding, documenting variation in the prices charged by different dealers for dollar funding via synthetic instruments and exploring implications for funding costs and market functioning.