thinktanks Articles

The run-in to a general election often sees thinktanks float ideas they hope might influence an incoming government, or, since 2010, influence possible coalition negotiations. Some of those ideas are good, some less good, some provocative in order to stimulate debate....

The announcement last week that the government had appointed its first ever ‘self-employment tsar’ reflects an important change in the way Britain works. One in seven of the workforce is now self-employed. On current trends, the self-employed are set to outnumber the...

Self-employment is growing rapidly. Since the turn of the century there has been a 30 per cent increase in the number of people working for themselves, with an extra 100,000 more people choosing to start up in business this year alone. The result is that one in seven...

If you are a London parent and you have concerns about the leadership at your child’s school, who do you turn to? As parents turn their minds to the annual stock-up on pencils, pens and PE kits, this question will be going through the minds of many mums and dads –...