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Following a lengthy recession, the UK economy is now growing steadily. But a return to growth supported chiefly by debt-fuelled consumer spending has led to...

Social care funding has long been the problem that governments refused to confront. An ageing population has placed growing strains on the care system, without...

Every 15 to 20 years a new generation emerges. As the last of Generation Y moves into adulthood we are on the cusp of a...

Retail finance touches most of the UK population, many of whom have daily contact with it through bank transactions, direct debits and investments. Some of...

Since the economic downturn, the vast majority of Britons have been facing a cost of living crisis. This report looks at how the UK’s middle...

This paper is a review of how information and insight can be drawn from open social media sources. In other words: SOCMINT – or ‘social...

Cancer is no longer as lethal as it once was. Improvements in diagnosis and treatment mean that the number of people living with or beyond...

Since the economic downturn, charity shops have played a vital role in shoring up charitable donations at a time of restraint. Yet they have a...

Britain has a complicated relationship with alcohol. Despite the tabloid hysteria, the evidence shows that overall we are drinking less than we were a decade...

We know that youth social action – practical action in the service of others – can have tremendous benefits for the young people taking part...