If the government wants to ensure that levelling up truly makes a difference to people’s lives, it should take another look at what makes most difference. Read more
The country needs a wellbeing boost, and some need it more than others. A renewed focus on the benefits of volunteering might just offer a path. Read more
PBE Research and Policy Director Anoushka Kenley gives her reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more
At yesterday’s Budget, the Chancellor set himself three challenges. First, how to help the country continue to weather the storm. Second, how to begin the work of restoration once we’re allowed to emerge from the proverbial storm shelter. And third, how to pay for it all. Read more
PBE responds to the Budget, focusing on emergency funding for charities, levelling up, and Universal Credit. Read more
The scale of the volunteering effort has been a testament to the human desire to work together when times are tough. But will it endure as we move into recovery? Read more
Funding for school breakfasts comes to an end in a matter of months. PBE's Chief Economist, Jon Franklin, reveals why this may mean missing out on substantial long-term economic benefits. Read more
inequalities of all forms can reinforce each other to the detriment of the nation’s longer term health and wellbeing. Making the right policy choices is just as important in recovery as in crisis. Read more
Incentives like a ‘digital civic passport’ can recognise voluntary action and encourage wider participation in civic service. Originally published in the Financial Times. Read more
“The next step must be working in similar partnership with civil society" Read more
"Putting civil society’s expertise at the heart of our policy making will be key to meeting the government’s aim to build back better." Read more
Speech given by Andy Haldane for Charity Finance Week 2020 Read more
PBE's Director of Research and Policy on what charities can learn from this month's Labour Market Statistics. Read more
PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more
PBE CEO Matt Whittaker gives his reaction to Danny Kruger's review Levelling up our communities. Read more
By Deborah Hardoon, Evidence Lead at The What Works Centre for Wellbeing Read more
Understanding what’s going on in charities, voluntary groups and civil society organisations at this time of crisis is important. Communicating that understanding beyond the sector itself is even more crucial. Read more
We need to invest the rich endowment of social capital created by the crisis, by rethinking and rebuilding the institutional immune system that is our social sector. Read more
If the Prime Minister needed reminding of the scale of the task at hand, he need look no further than this week’s Social capital in the UK data release from the ONS. Read more
With ever-increasing pressures on charities to demonstrate their impact in quantitative ways, we offer an economic lens that can cut through this impact confusion and help charities articulate their impact. Read more
Being able to access datasets is creating far better assessments of impact than those available 10 years ago. But what of the next decade? Read more
In 2019, Pro Bono Economics hit an important milestone – we turned ten. And what a year it has already been. Read more