The changes to Labour's green investment plan explained

Understand this issue

Why did the French Budget fail to pass?

podcast

France’s failed budget highlights fundamental challenges with public debt, slow growth, and the need for significant reforms.

12 December 2024

How can we make government more productive?

podcast

How can the public sector do more with less? We explore productivity trends, government reform and lessons from private sector innovation.

3 December 2024

Air pollution in England by MSOA over time, measured by PM2.5 exposure, 2003 to 2023

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Average exposure to PM2.5 in England fell by 54% between 2003 and 2023. Almost everywhere in England is now below England’s 2040 target for PM2.5.

6 December 2024

Policy analysis

A decline in foreign students and higher costs create a perfect storm for Scottish universities

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Falls in funding for home students, a decline in international enrolments and higher labour costs put Scottish university finances under pressure.

19 November 2024

Correlation between income deprivation rank and air pollution levels, 2003–04 and 2023

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The correlation between the income deprivation rank and air pollution is weaker and getting slightly stronger over time.

6 December 2024

Distribution of PM2.5 exposure by ethnicity

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On average, ethnic minorities were exposed to levels of PM2.5 6% higher than those for white people in 2023, down from 13% in 2003.

6 December 2024

Academic research

House price rises and borrowing to invest

working paper

We propose a borrow-to-invest motive by which house price gains affect household spending on residential investment.

27 March 2024

Walk the talk: Measuring green preferences with social media data

working paper

We created a unique data set based on social media data by collecting all the tweets of 54,000 Swedish citizens between January and June 2019.

6 November 2023

Targeting taxes on local externalities

working paper

We consider optimal anonymous consumption taxes in situations where the magnitude of an externality varies with individuals who cause it.

14 August 2023