Our children are growing up online. Almost every child in Britain is using the internet by the age of nine and over half own a smartphone by eleven, some spending up to six hours a day scrolling social media. The UK Government’s proposed social media ban for under-16s comes in response to mounting evidence that… [Read More]
Education used to be about the transmission of knowledge and cultural inheritance; but British classrooms today present a rather different picture. Children are taught to affirm their individual desires and identities, while educational content has become startlingly politicised. In The Breaking of the Education Contract, Joanna Williams exposes the extent to which the curriculum has… [Read More]
In this report, Civitas research intern and recent International Relations graduate Edward Worman examines the UK’s asylum and settlement system, arguing that the route from asylum status to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) should be replaced with renewable temporary protection determined by genuine need. He argues that ILR has become an almost automatic pathway from… [Read More]
In this essay, Civitas research intern and recent Theology graduate Leo Fennell examines the phenomenon of cancel culture, declared by some to be in decline or even “dead” since its peak in the early 2020s. Amid changing policies and the rise of free-speech platforms such as Elon Musk’s X, Fennell looks beyond the landscape of… [Read More]
This report provides a comprehensive international comparison of energy costs and generation systems across 11 major manufacturing nations – assessing how the UK’s energy pricing affects industrial competitiveness. It finds that UK manufacturers paid £16.6 billion for energy in 2024, of which £11.7 billion was electricity and £3.3 billion gas. As the report states, “The prices paid by… [Read More]
In Litigation Nation, Danna Brown examines the current state of the UK class action and third-party litigation funding market, the industry’s rapid growth, and the critical gaps that forthcoming legislation must address. In Britain, a class action or a ‘collective proceeding’ is a claim brought by a large group of claimants who have suffered the… [Read More]
In this speech to the Knowledge Network and Civitas, Joshua Vallance – Vice Principal at Trinity Academy in Brixton – advocates for, and highlights the importance of, a knowledge-rich curriculum, while simultaneously acknowledging the problems faced by schools and teachers in implementing such a curriculum. He speaks of his ambitions and hopes that educators can… [Read More]
This report sets out the findings of an international conference examining what children need for healthy development in the early years and how public policy can be better aligned with that evidence. It draws on contributions from academics, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers, and considers the implications for Britain from trends across comparable countries. There is… [Read More]
This report examines how France, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Australia are addressing children’s social media and smartphone use. It considers what lessons, if any, Britain might draw from these five countries as it develops its own policy response. No single country has a complete solution to this problem, nor has any single country sufficiently… [Read More]
Should Britain’s equality laws be expanded? Under government proposals, mandatory pay gap reporting and equal value pay claims will be fully expanded to race and disability, where they are currently only available for gender. Given the primary role that equal value pay claims have played in compromising major British businesses, the bankruptcy of Birmingham City… [Read More]