Author: Andreas Kluth
Mon 26 Jan 2015
Andreas Kluth argues that Germany's political elite have talked themselves into a corner on austerity, and that other factors – including a loud new voice on Germany's far right – mean that the position of the 'EU's paymaster' is more not less…
Author: Charles Grant
Mon 26 Jan 2015
Charles Grant says there is a window of opportunity for Greece's new prime minister to renegotiate, however staunch the German resistance to softening austerity might appear.
Authors: Graeme Cooke, Matthew Pennycook, Alfie Stirling
Tue 27 Jan 2015
This paper focusses on improving support into the job market for people with health conditions and disabilities and those facing long-term unemployment, who face considerable disadvantages.
Authors: Guy Lodge, Graeme Henderson, Bill Davies
Thu 22 Jan 2015
Levels and forms of poverty vary greatly across the UK. This report assesses the impact of different localised approaches to reducing poverty, and which aspects of the UK social security system would be best suited for devolution to the national…
Authors: Ed Turner, Carolyn Rowe
Thu 29 Jan 2015
When constitutional reforms delegated new responsibilities to Germany's states in 2006, many predicted they would lead to damaging competition between them in many aspects of policy. However, in terms of its impacts on prisons policy, care home…
Author: Nick Pearce
Thu 22 Jan 2015
As Scotland's devolution legislation is debated in the weeks ahead, the case for more radical reforms to the universal credit should be on the table.
Author: Andreas Kluth
Wed 10 Dec 2014
As German national identity at last becomes more ‘normal’, Andreas Kluth ponders what that means for the country’s view of its role in Europe and the world.
Author: Tony Dolphin
Fri 19 Dec 2014
Is now the right time to cut the deficit? How should investment spending be treated? How quickly should debt be reduced? Should the government target debt or the deficit?
Speakers: Ed Cox, John Cridland
Thu 19 Feb 2015, 08:00–10:00
With political parties in agreement over the need to devolve powers away from Westminster, what will devolution mean for businesses and the economy?
The Week
Fri 30 Jan 2015
Author: Nick Pearce
Thu 22 Jan 2015
As Scotland's devolution legislation is debated in the weeks ahead, the case for more radical reforms to the universal credit should be on the table.
Author: Charles Grant
Mon 26 Jan 2015
Charles Grant says there is a window of opportunity for Greece's new prime minister to renegotiate, however staunch the German resistance to softening austerity might appear.