The UK should own and mandate the common standards and digital infrastructure on which a competitive private market can grow. At present, it doesn’t. The UK’s digital foundations are fragmented, with ...

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 ...

There is no shortage of research on early childhood or on the programmes and policies that support young children. What is often missing is evidence that speaks directly to the realities of local ...

As group data journalist, Charlie helps Nesta find the human stories within its research, with a particular focus on data visualisation and interactivity. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and ...

New data finds that between 2019 and 2024, homes in England where households reported overheating increased from 1.7 million to 3 million Nesta has published a new deep dive into this data, ...

Tim is a senior analyst in the fairer start mission at Nesta. Nesta’s fairer start team is currently developing and trialing ‘test and learn clinics’ for local authorities. This is a new support offer ...

Lee is a Nesta Cymru policy fellow. He is a former minister in the Welsh Government and a member of the Senedd. He led the introduction of Wales’ default 20mph speed limit and a series of reforms in ...

Simran joins Nesta as a senior analyst for the fairer start mission. The early years of a child's life are when the foundations of physical, emotional and social development are laid. But babies and ...

In this guest blog for Nesta, Zoe Rostas, Policy Officer at the British Heart Foundation, explains why the healthy food standard will be critical for turning the tide on obesity and supporting efforts ...

Oliver Zanetti is a senior mission manager in Nesta’s sustainable future mission, leading our work on the skills and capacity of the heat pump sector. Installer Show at the Birmingham NEC has become ...