During the COVID-19 pandemic, decisions that affected the lives of millions were determined by the ability of government to gather, synthesise and assess data. But good analysis and assessment of data will make for better government outside of crises too, as this paper sets out.

The impacts of climate change are beginning to be felt, but successive governments have failed to prepare the United Kingdom to adapt effectively. This report looks at how government could move adaptation up the agenda and improve UK climate resilience.

The UK's Commission on the Centre of Government's final report recommends that No.10 and the Cabinet Office be merged to form a new Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to enable more strategic control at the centre of government.

Fiscal policy-making in the United Kingdom has been far from perfect. Problems like short-termism, policy churn and gaming of the system are often blamed on fiscal rules. This report examines whether that is fair, or whether these issues are rooted more deeply in the underlying fiscal framework. It also makes recommendations for strengthening fiscal policy-making.

Trust in the institutions of public life has taken a beating after years of scandal in UK politics. As Ipsos polling commissioned specially for this report shows, there is a sense among the public that people in power do not feel bound by the same rules as them.