London, UK - The UK government has announced a cut of the 5% VAT rate on electricity bills, saying this will reduce electricity bills by around £45 a year. The move will also reduce the ratio between ...

Electricity is too expensive, both in absolute terms and when you compare it to the cost of gas (known as the price ratio). For households across Britain, the cost of living remains a defining ...

Achieving social impact at scale is not an easy feat. Many great ideas languish at the pilot stage or stall after initial enthusiasm because they are unable to influence the right people in the right ...

A wealth tax seems an easy win - a tax that most of us can imagine “someone else will pay”. As is so often in economics and politics, if it was that easy, someone would have done it already. As part ...

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) is the UK government’s flagship subsidy scheme for heat pumps. Since it launched in April 2022 it has supported the installation of almost 80,000 heat pumps across ...

www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-healthy-food-standard-is-our-best-bet-for-tackling-obesity-but-time-is-running-out/ ...

Andrew is a director on Nesta's mission to create a sustainable future, which focuses on decarbonisation and economic recovery. Katy is a director on Nesta's mission to create a sustainable future, ...

www.nesta.org.uk/press-release/warm-homes-plan-set-to-help-people-with-solar-panels-batteries-and-heat-pumps-save-on-bills-nesta-analysis-finds/ ...

Analysis by innovation foundation Nesta finds that the gap in developmental outcomes between children on free school meals and their more affluent peers is the widest since the pandemic - even more so ...

www.nesta.org.uk/data-visualisation-and-interactive/six-things-we-learnt-from-the-latest-childhood-obesity-data-for-england/ ...

Andrew is a director on Nesta's mission to create a sustainable future, which focuses on decarbonisation and economic recovery. Dan leads on data science and quantitative analysis for the sustainable ...

As group data journalist, Charlie helps Nesta find the human stories within its research, with a particular focus on data visualisation and interactivity. Weight-loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy ...