Five years ago this week, Covid closed schools across England and Geoff Barton, then ASCL general secretary, was at the heart of the process. He explains how it happened and what it taught us

Reflections from a private roundtable event held on Tuesday 25th February, supported by our event partners Multiverse.

In early 2025 Sustrans will launch the first ever Children’s Walking and Cycling Index, designed to understand the behaviours, barriers and attitudes affecting children’s cycling in the UK.

The city is determined to solve the ‘whodumpedit’ mystery after a huge pile of refuse was discarded, blocking the road. But with fly-tipping across the UK on the up, will it be possible to find the cu...

Final Report of the Independent Review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta.

Labour’s policies will unlock investment, slash red tape and usher in a ‘big build’ era, the prime minister writes

A prediction contest for 2024, featuring UK politics and economy, global politics and world events and science, the arts and miscellany.

Claudia Roden’s classic cake adapted and reimagined as an ideal Christmas dessert

Anna Dent: Research and policy consultancy. Employment, skills, welfare, ethical tech. Social research, policy analysis and development, innovation and ideas

A blog reflecting on employers' roles in the health of their employees.

If you can’t make it to Samarkand or Xian, visit Jarrow, Lichfield or Southend at the other end of the historic trading route

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.

Skilled trade small businesses face particular challenges in being able to take on apprentices, and SMF identifies the key policy solutions.

We’re working with employers to create good work and ensure that everyone can access it.