Following February’s Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the revised UK Government Green Book, we set out the importance of environmental valuation across the public and private sectors.
Ahead of the forthcoming Senedd Election on 7th May 2026, we were commissioned by the Higher Education Policy Institute to assess the resource flows and cost implications associated with the Welsh higher education (HE) funding system. In particular, we analyse the impact of the potential policy positions of Welsh political parties ahead of the 2026 […]
London Economics were commissioned to conduct an economic evaluation of the National Citizen Service (NCS), which was a key youth programme for 16 to 17-year-olds in England which ran until July 2025. Working alongside Verian and The Social Agency, London Economics explored the average household’s willingness to pay in taxes to support NCS, as well as […]
London Economics’ report investigating the impact of the minimum wage on young people was published by the Low Pay Commission (LPC), an independent body that advises the government on the National Minimum Wage rates. On behalf of the LPC, London Economics used Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data to assess the impact on young people’s employment, earnings, […]
There has been wide-ranging coverage of the recently announced freeze to the Plan 2 student loan repayment threshold in England (e.g. The Times, Guardian, and Financial Times), as graduates and the media begin to understand that the majority of Plan 2 graduates are unlikely to ever pay off their loan balance within the 30-year repayment […]
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