It’s no secret that Rachel Reeves faces tough choices in the run up to the 2025 autumn budget. Shoring up the UK’s public services while ensuring the government meets its own fiscal rules is a ...

<p>Codrina will be working in the Digital Social Innovation team, assisting with research, events, policy engagement and project management work.</p> ...

Policy Live returned in 2025 with a fresh line-up of speakers, sessions and ideas. The challenges facing the UK are well rehearsed: low growth, struggling public services and squeezed budgets both for ...

www.nesta.org.uk/data-visualisation-and-interactive/where-should-the-new-best-start-family-hubs-be-located-to-improve-outcomes-in-the-early-years/ ...

This report illuminates the power of people in movements to improve health and proposes the need for new models of engagement between institutions and social movements.

www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-electricity-to-gas-price-ratio-explained-how-a-green-ratio-would-make-bills-cheaper-and-greener/ ...

Over the past couple of months, we’ve been laying the groundwork for building the research and funding agenda of the Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative, the European Commission’s new flagship ...

What is experimentation in policy or practice? And why is an experiment worth investing in? What can an experiment tell you? And when or where might it fall short? Answers to these questions are often ...

www.nesta.org.uk/project-updates/identifying-impactful-parenting-programmes-to-support-parenting-and-the-home-learning-environment-in-the-early-years/ ...

This report investigates the transformation towards a greener UK economy and the implications for employment across sectors and regions.

Patricia Lucas is a social researcher with a particular interest in child health inequalities and evidence for policy. She divides her time between independent work, leading rapid soci… Rosa Robinson ...

Chris led Nesta's research interests into how startups and new technologies can drive economic growth, and what this means for businesses, intermediaries and for the government. Over the last year, ...