Public services and digital inclusion

Digital transformation is rapidly changing society, including public service delivery and how people engage with education, healthcare, and council services.

Choice at the end of life

At this event we will discuss the proposals for assisted dying legislation, what positive arguments there are for reform alongside how we can address concerns about its use.

John Bowers KC interview

In this episode Will Barber-Taylor speaks to John Bowers KC and is Principal of Brasenose College at Oxford University.

Lord Dick Newby interview

In this episode our Director Torrin Wilkins speaks to the Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords Lord Dick Newby. He previously served as the National Secretary of the SDP.

Creating cooperation with Collective bargaining

Collective bargaining is the act of employees negotiating with their employers for better working conditions, higher wages or other improvements to their work environments. In order to see how collective bargaining can be fully utilised in the UK, it is useful to look at the situation in the Nordics countries, especially Sweden.

44 years after the Gang of Four

The British Social Democratic Party (SDP) was a product of its time. It was based within the confines of the political, social, and economic failures of successive governments by both the Labour Party and Conservative Party between the years of 1964 and 1979.

All the way to the USA

Last November our Director Torrin Wilkins and Deputy Director Jasneet Samrai visited the Headquarters of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

Standards landscape inquiry

A pink strip at the top of the paper with the words: "Centre Think Tank". The paper title is "Standards landscape inquiry. Written evidence submitted by Centre to the Committee on Standards". Below is a very dark yellow background with a graphic of Big Ben with a blue slanted roof and the clock below. Beneath this are the rods "Written evidence. By Torrin Wilkins, November 15th 2023. At the bottom is a white strip with the Centre logo in pink beneath.

Our evidence submission for the House of Commons standards landscape inquiry to the Committee on Standards.

Improving Care Home Renting​

Historically, care services and coordinating housing services to meet a changing society have been an evolving issue. These are critical issues to the welfare state and policy more generally.

Reducing rail ticket prices

England’s rail fares have long been a point of contention for commuters. Between 1995 and 2016, average train fares increased by 23.5% in real terms, outpacing wage growth (Topham, 2017).