A new CEP report says that the financial system has become far more complicated than it need to be - and dangerously unstable too

Hilary Steedman finds that the provision of apprenticeships in the UK lags behind other countries

Richard Layard and Paul Gregg call for a 'job guarantee' for jobseekers who have been out of work for 12 months or more

Helena Holmlund and Sandra McNally ask whether educational reforms in Sweden really do offer lessons for the UK

Smoking bans have been widely introduced in recent years in an effort to reduce non-smokers' exposure to tobacco smoke. Jérôme Adda and Francesca Cornaglia evaluate the effect of these restrictions - and of taxes on cigarettes - on the incidence of passive smoking and, in particular, their...

CEP researchers have conducted a unique survey of clinicians and hospital managers to explore how well NHS hospitals are managed

All the UK's major parties agree on ring-fencing foreign aid spending at current levels, even while the country's dire financial situation requires sharp cuts to other budgets. Peter Boone draws on the evidence on aid effectiveness to argue that our focus should not be on the amount we spend but...

Has the boom in postgraduate courses in the UK over recent years had a negative impact on intergenerational mobility? Research by Stephen Machin and Richard Murphy suggests that there is a small but significant imbalance in favour of undergraduates who have been privately educated.

In the 2001/02 English football season, referees of Premier League matches were paid a salary for the first time. Alex Bryson and colleagues investigate the impact on their performance.

Geoffrey Owen sheds light on the impact of foreign takeovers on the British economy through the experience of Courtaulds