The Policy Fix

How Andy Burnham can bring the UK’s essential services under public control, with Tony Curzon Price

Bringing essential services back under public control is a key part of Andy Burnham’s agenda. But with rising energy bills, struggling water infrastructure and growing fr

How Andy Burnham can solve Britain’s wealth tax debate, with Arun Advani

As Prime Minister, Andy Burnham will need to find money to fund public services and deliver on his promises. But how should he raise it? Is a wealth tax the answer, or ar

How Andy Burnham can take back control from big tech, with Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE

The world's biggest tech companies now shape what we see, think and do online every day - raising big questions about who really holds the balance of power between them a

How Andy Burnham can close Britain’s tax gap, with Dan Neidle | Episode 1: Andy Burnham's first 100 days

The UK has an extraordinary amount of taxes and exemptions. The result is a system burdened by complexity, distorted incentives and a tax gap estimated to be billions. W

Where Andy Burnham should look for revenue - and where he shouldn’t, with Tim Leunig | Episode 4: Andy Burnham's first 100 days

As Andy Burnham enters Downing Street, he needs to find the financial headroom to fund his ambitious agenda. But what are the policy cul-de-sacs that Burnham should avoid

How Andy Burnham can tackle the real drivers of ill health, with Hugo Harper | Episode 2: Andy Burnham's first 100 days

Andy Burnham wants to help people live well by building a preventative state. But the UK remains trapped in a struggling health system, burdened by chronic illness and so

How Andy Burnham can build a sovereign digital state, with Mallory Durran | Episode 3: Andy Burnham's first 100 days

The UK spends billions renting back access to its own data from private vendors, leaving crucial public information locked away in disconnected systems. That fragmentatio

How to fix our broken food system

Right now in the UK, around two-thirds of all adults are living with excess weight and obesity. This is not just a crisis for adults - more than one in 5 primary school-a

How to settle the UK’s place in Europe

Brexit was supposed to be “done”. Yet in 2026, Britain’s place in Europe is right back at the top of the political agenda  While Keir Starmer’s government has promised a

How to make the UK a world leader in public sector AI

The UK has no shortage of AI strategies, summits and action plans. But a stack of policy papers doesn't retrain a civil servant, fix a legacy data system, or scale a pilo

How to make this the last ever UK energy crisis

The UK is headed for another energy crisis. The war in Iran has choked energy markets and will be felt as another hit for inflation weary consumers and for the UK's belea

How to make social media safer for children

One in five children aged 3–5 already owns a smartphone and 95% of 13–15 year-olds have a social media profile. Is the UK's Online Safety Act failing to protect them and

How to fix the way government works

Successive governments have promised to reform the British state. Most have left it harder to navigate than they found it. So what would genuinely fixing the way governme

How to reform the UK's tax system

The UK tax system has been described by experts as irrational, a mess and a nightmare. But what would genuinely reforming it look like - and why have successive chancello

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