How can charities influence, engage with and make the most out of their relationships with local councillors? Read more
Nicole Sykes, Director of Policy and Communications at PBE, discusses the fundamental role charities play in providing vital public services. Read more
Using our interactive map, discover where in the country council groups and political parties are setting out the most ambitious agenda for the social sector in 2022's local elections. Read more
Boosting charity productivity is an overlooked opportunity in the campaign to tackle the UK’s productivity problem. Both charities and policymakers have a shared interest in doing so. Read more
How can charities influence, engage with and make the most out of their relationships with civil servants? Read more
PBE Economist, Madison Kerr, explores the PBE approach to measuring the economic impact of charities. Read more
PBE’s Research and Policy Director Helen Barnard writes about the UK’s cost-of-living crisis and the government’s failure to put policy before politics. Read more
PBE’s Chief Economist Jon Franklin reflects on his experience of volunteering as a civil servant and argues that it is vital more civil servants volunteer if the government is to achieve its planned reforms. Read more
PBE's Research and Policy Analyst Jack Larkham explores the data on inequality within the social sector workforce. Read more
A team of PBE experts take a closer look at the deeply-entrenched inequalities in the UK's labour market and the restrictions holding back the charities and community groups which could help. Read more
What do the Levelling Up White Paper, the government's response to the Kruger Review, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund tell us? Read more
PBE chief executive Matt Whittaker examines the key role civil society has to play in each of levelling up's four core objectives. Read more
Helen Barnard, PBE's Director of Research and Policy, argues that levelling up will fail to deliver if its ambitions are not matched by greater philanthropic giving in the places that need it the most. Read more
PBE's chair Lord Gus O'Donnell makes the case for greater championing of charitable giving from government to help the UK reach the levels of philanthropy seen in Canada and New Zealand. Read more
Charities offer part of the solution to each and every challenge of levelling up. But charities and their sources of financing aren't evenly spread. How can we drive up giving in the places that can benefit the most? Read more
To mark the launch of a new House of Lords committee report drawing on PBE research, CEO Matt Whittaker reflects on the scale of cuts to children's services since 2010. Read more
Our latest Charity Tracker survey found that the positive signs in wider society have translated into increased optimism about the future for many charities. However, notwithstanding this optimism, we found most charities still faced a growing demand for their services and staff challenges brought on by the ‘pingdemic’. Read more
Submitted as a part of the Law Family Commission on Civil Society's call for evidence on unleashing civil society's potential. Read more
Andy Haldane's full speech from the Local Trust Community Power Lecture. Read more
Research consultant David Ainsworth on the impact that a set of satellite accounts for the voluntary sector would have on the civil society. Read more
Charities can now receive flexible, light-touch support from volunteer economists through our Data First Aid service. Director of Services Melinda Kunjasich details how this means more charities can receive the support they need. Read more
PBE's Research and Policy Director Anoushka Kenley gives her reaction to this morning's ONS Labour Market statistics. Read more
If levelling up is to mean anything then it must mean something to people. That means diversifying the agenda, to invest in individuals and not just infrastructure. Addressing the adult skills crisis in the UK is an essential part of that. Read more
Volunteers have played a critical role in the UK’s Covid vaccine campaign. Why stop there? Read more