A New Reality: Government and the IPOD generation

The report by Reform and Ipsos-MORI has found that the values of young people can transform government for the better. Open, generous and tolerant, they want to engage in politics and improve society - Generation Y could be relabelled Generation Why-Not.
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Shifting the unequal state: From public apathy to personal capability

The report shows that the UK is the “divided society” of Europe. This not only has a negative social impact but a large economic cost of wasted talent - up to £32bn per year or £1,300 for each household.
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Eco towns – The zero evidence footprint

Reform’s briefing note on eco towns strongly recommends that the Government provide full costings and examine alternatives to the eco towns proposal.
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A lost decade: Counting the opportunity cost of public spending 1999-2008

The report shows that while the Government has pointed to strong growth during this period, 29 per cent of GDP growth has been generated by a bigger public sector.
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Class of 2007: Inaction sinks the IPOD generation

The report shows that while other countries are facing up to the economic challenge of ageing populations, the Government’s fiscal policies are mortgaging the future of a generation by failing to give young people room to invest in themselves.
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Retreat from reform - The initial policy decisions of the new Government

The report shows that initial decisions of Gordon Brown’s Government have put public service reform into retreat. Policy announcements on the NHS, education and housing will increase public spending, reduce its efficiency and increase taxes significantly.
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Key policy lessons of the "Blair years" for future governments

The report warns that no political leader should seek to be the "heir to Blair". Current public sector policies are based on rising public spending, taxation and central direction rather than reform.
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UK growth and opportunity: the need for a fundamental reassessment

The report warns that the UK is badly placed due to rising taxation and poor and inequitable education performance. The Treasury’s current thinking for this summer’s landmark Comprehensive Spending Review would make a grave situation worse.
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Class of 2006: A lifebelt for the IPOD generation

A new report and poll on the difficult economic position of young people in the UK.
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Whitehall's last colonies: Breaking the cycle of collectivisation in the UK regions

This report argues that, looking to 2010, the current policy outlook will not be sufficient to solve the public sector’s problems of performance and productivity before the next general election.
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Class of 2005: The IPOD generation

A report on the IPOD generation of 18-34 year olds - insecure, pressurised, over-taxed and debt-ridden
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Costing Britain - Falling productivity in the public sector

The problems of British education are not due to lack of resources. Due to recent spending increases, Britain now spends more on education than the European average. Average spending per pupil is approaching that of independent schools.
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A better way

A Better Way was published in April 2003. It sets out proposals for structural reform of health, education and policing.
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Spending without reform

Reform established the Commission on the Reform of Public Services in February 2002. The government's mantra of "investment tied to reform" is acknowledgement that, without reform of the public sector, higher spending will be wasted.
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