by Harry Booty | May 6, 2026 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition
Research by Harry Booty suggests that a mix of cultural and pragmatic considerations are at play It is now slightly more than three years since large language models (LLMs) in their current form burst into our collective consciousness and began to remake the... 
by Stephen Webb | Apr 21, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition
Stephen Webb argues that we should replicate what we can from the style of administration that worked in earlier centuries Whitehall is in a beleaguered place. The appointment of Antonia Romeo as the new Cabinet Secretary had barely been announced before Reform... 
by Martin Fitches and Michael Leger | Apr 14, 2026 | Articles, Featured article, Policy Insights, Seventh Edition
Martin Fitches and Michael Leger say history teaches important lessons for today’s policymakers We are at a pivotal moment in the reshaping of the global economic order. Uncertainty is high. But it’s far from the first time in history that we have lived through such a... 
by Andrew Bailey | Nov 4, 2025 | Articles, Book Reviews, Fifth Edition, Reviews
Andrew Bailey reviews books challenging our response to Covid and our alleged neglect of the future To this day I can vividly recall my first meeting with Jeremy Heywood over lunch at the IMF staff canteen in Washington DC in the late 1980s. Jeremy struck me then, and... 
by Chris Whitty | Oct 21, 2025 | Articles, Data, Tech and Innovation, Fifth Edition, Policy Insights
Chris Whitty demonstrates how people who live longer do not necessarily spend more time in ill health This chart, showing data about the age and health of females in the most and least deprived areas of England, contains several key points for public policy. ...
