Report
Enforcement across 383 councils
A Freedom of Information survey of how every UK council uses its litter and fly-tipping powers.
Forthcoming
IECR
Independent research into the everyday behaviours that shape Britain’s shared spaces, and the policies that could improve them.
Latest research
Illustrative preview — our first reports are still in progress. This is what they’ll look like once published.
Briefing
Disposable vapes after the ban
What the single-use vape ban changed on the ground, and what it displaced rather than removed.
Forthcoming
Evaluation
Nitrous oxide reclassification
Assessing the reclassification against matched comparison areas two years after it took effect.
Forthcoming
England now spends around £1 billion a year just cleaning up litter. Problems like this sit in an awkward place: each one seems too small for national attention and too diffuse for any single council to solve.
“So they get managed rather than fixed, at growing cost.”
How we work
We build a project team around each question, working with academics, councils, other NGOs and the public. No funder, government or company tells us what to research or what to conclude.
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Diagnosis
Why civic responsibility erodes and where action gets stuck.
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Comparison
What other countries and councils have tried, and what would transfer here.
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Evaluation
Assessing interventions against matched comparison areas, with no stake in the answer.
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Use
Parliamentary briefings, cost-benefit assessments and draft measures departments can pick up.
Upcoming events
Illustrative preview — no events are scheduled yet. This is what they’ll look like once announced.
Roundtable
Litter enforcement: a roundtable with council leaders
A closed-door discussion on what’s actually stopping councils from enforcing existing powers.
Date to be confirmed
Briefing
Briefing: the under-16 energy drink sales ban
A briefing for parliamentarians and officials on the ban’s likely effects.
Date to be confirmed
Talk
Public talk: why some councils get better results
An evening talk on the structure and incentives that shape council performance.
Date to be confirmed
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