Terpsi has joined Nesta as an analyst in the healthy life mission. Accurately measuring obesity rates across ethnic groups is essential to tackling health inequalities. This analysis explores how ...

Test and learn is an iterative approach to public policy and service development. Conventional policymaking typically uses a step-by-step process called “waterfall” where most of the big choices are ...

Lizzie Ingram was joined by Dr. Julian Grenier, who highlighted several critical aspects of early years policy and practice. Recent governmental shifts include expanding free entitlements to childcare ...

Stacked column chart showing electricity and gas bills from April 2020 to October 2024 for a typical household. Bills are broken into components: wholesale fuel costs, network costs, policy costs, ...

Evidence-based parenting support is one of the most effective strategies that we have for improving children’s outcomes in the early years. However, challenges and barriers exist that are preventing ...

Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken draw on interviews with former prime ministers and other key figures to offer practical advice and insights on how today’s politicians can tackle the UK’s ...

87% of respondents wanted to increase the number of heat pumps they install each year, but reported challenges to making this a reality. Their largest challenge with increasing heat pump installations ...

Gaps in cognitive and socio-emotional outcomes between disadvantaged children and their peers emerge early and persist. While research has mainly focused on economic disadvantage, other factors like ...

Our proposal for retailer targetsThe rest of this briefing focuses on how health targets for retailers could be designed, implemented and enforced to reduce obesity. Large retailers make up over 95% ...

The post-pandemic rises in absence rates are staggering. The sudden surge in overall and persistent absence has left schools and policymakers scrambling for causes and solutions. Finding ways to bring ...

Policymakers must: do more to examine the root causes of absence and build the evidence base on what works to reduce it gain a greater understanding of pupils’ and parents’ shifting attitudes towards ...

This report primarily uses data on heat pumps from EurObserv’er for the years between 2011 and 2021. The majority of the heat pumps in this dataset are air-to-air heat pumps, many of which are used ...