How can Andy Burnham solve Britain’s wealth tax debate? Nesta’s @raviguru.bsky.social and economist @arunadvani.bsky.social explore whether a wealth tax is the right answer for raising government revenue - and the practical tax reforms that could raise billions. 🎧: https://bit.ly/4fOYHQf

How can Andy Burnham take back control from big tech? Nesta's @raviguru.bsky.social and Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE discuss how a new government can protect children online, hold tech companies to account and build digital technology that serves the public. 🎧 : https://bit.ly/4hd6ERN

🚀 Why do so many promising social innovations never make it beyond the pilot stage? Join us on 3 Sept to explore how strategic partnerships can help ideas scale into lasting impact. Hear from experts at Nesta, Social Finance & Library of Things. Register now: https://bit.ly/4xhIiLC

Where should Andy Burnham look to raise revenue - and where shouldn't he? @raviguru.bsky.social & @timleunig.bsky.social discuss the policy cul-de-sacs that Burnham should avoid if he wants to find the financial headroom to fund his agenda, in our new podcast. Listen: https://bit.ly/4g4RLPt

What should Andy Burnham do to win the global race on digital public tech? In our new deep-dive series, Nesta’s @raviguru.bsky.social and Mallory Durran explore how the UK can modernise government, unlock public data and build better digital public services: https://bit.ly/44V3DhG

If Andy Burnham wants to deliver lasting change when it comes to health, prevention will need to be at the heart of his agenda. Where should he begin? Nesta’s @raviguru.bsky.social and Hugo Harper discuss on our deep-dive series: Andy Burnham’s first 100 days: https://bit.ly/3RXTPR7

Building one million homes in the Oxford-Cambridge arc could boost UK GDP by ~£130 billion and raise £50 billion in tax revenue. 📈 In his latest piece for Nesta’s Options for the UK project, @timleunig.bsky.social outlines how a plan to build in the region could work: https://bit.ly/4vVANsk

Policy Live is back for 2026 📣 Nesta's one-day event returns to Westminster on 10 September, with 20+ sessions and 50+ speakers exploring the ideas, evidence and innovations needed to navigate the challenges ahead.

Closing soon! Last chance to apply for @nestauk.bsky.social role in their Centre for Collective Intelligence, taking ownership of their flagship product Zeitgeist and leading the development of digital tools for public participation. Interested? Apply now: bit.ly/4fhmnho

How should Andy Burnham fix our broken tax system in his first 100 days? In our new deep dive podcast series, Nesta CEO Ravi Gurumurthy is joined by tax expert Dan Neidle to explore how Andy Burnham can close the tax gap and claw back billions. Watch: https://bit.ly/4pJOzwJ

What should Andy Burnham do in his first 100 days as Prime Minister? In our new deep-dive series, Nesta CEO Ravi Gurumurthy is joined by leading experts to stress-test the big policy ideas that could shape a new government. 🎧 First four episodes out now: https://bit.ly/4yKGVqa

While others are packing beach reads, we’re looking a little further ahead. 📚🏖️ Our discovery team has rounded up their favourite deep dives into AI, digital technologies and the questions they raise about the future of human intelligence. Explore the ideas shaping their thinking ⤵️

Five AI summer reads: material to help navigate the emergence of AI

Our discovery team have rounded up their favourite deep dives into what AI and digital technologies might mean for all of us. Perfect summer reading.

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Two of the UK's biggest fiscal fault lines: a state pension that now costs more than defence and education combined, and council tax bills based on what homes were worth on April Fools' Day 1991 💷🏡 The latest two fiscal options papers, part of Nesta’s Options for the UK, set out how to fix both. ⤵️

Options for the UK

Options for the UK is a home for new ideas and radical thinking on policy from Nesta

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The UK public sector spends £6bn a year renting the basic digital infrastructure its services rely on. To unlock billion-pound growth, we must shift from passive renters to sovereign owners of our digital rails. Our practical blueprint for rebuilding our digital foundations: https://bit.ly/4huChWW

Andy Burnham’s laid out his vision for the UK - but what’s his take on tackling obesity? ⤵️ The new Prime Minister shared his thoughts in our report, Nourishing Britain - a political manual for improving the nation's health authored by Henry Dimbleby and Dr Dolly van Tulleken. https://bit.ly/4g3HMZ0

With new UK government leadership incoming, how can ministers and policymakers turn momentum into meaningful change? On the Policy Fix podcast, we explore what it actually takes to get things done in government. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4ymO13U

Could new Labour leadership save households £100+ on energy? With incoming PM Andy Burnham signalling the desire to ease the cost of living, bold action is possible. We’re sharing policy proposals to slash household bills & put the UK on a path toward stable, long-term energy pricing. ⤵️

Energy affordability: rewiring the rules for a warmer Britain

Three policy options that can dramatically reduce bills for duel-fuel households while significantly reducing the electricity-to-gas price ratio

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Top story on the Guardian courtesy of @acjsissons.bsky.social and @mashley.bsky.social’s work on measures to lower the cost of electricity being considered by Burnham’s team - details here www.nesta.org.uk/feature/ener...

Policy change turned the UK away from smoking - it can do the same for our broken food system. Our Policy Fix guests break down the steps the government should take to turn the tide in our latest episode. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/44qqG3F

The world around us shapes what we eat. Right now, this system has made the UK one of the largest consumers of ultra-processed foods in the world. We break down how to fix our broken food environment in the latest episode of the Policy Fix. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4gYcfLy

CLOSING SOON! @nestauk.bsky.social are looking for a Freelance Policy Director for their The Policy Fix podcast. Exploring bold ideas + radical policy thinking to help drive the UK forward they need someone to shape the content and narrative direction of the show. Interested? bit.ly/4vTrxWC

As we enter another sweltering week, new data reveals that more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes in England & Wales. New data also shows millions of homes are overheating. We dug into the data to see how England's homes are coping with extreme weather.https://bit.ly/3R4S1oQ

🤖 Can AI transform policymaking? Join us on 21 July for a lunchtime webinar exploring how AI is reshaping evidence in public policy. Hear from experts developing Nesta's Policy Atlas AI tool alongside government leaders driving change. Register to secure your place ➡️ https://bit.ly/3SSTPBY

Obesity is the UK's biggest public health challenge. The latest episode of the Policy Fix podcast unpacks how the government can rewrite the rules of our broken food system and finally turn the tide. 🎧 Listen: https://bit.ly/4gYcfLy

Join @nestauk.bsky.social online from 12:00-13:00 BST on Thursday, 16 July, for an interactive session exploring what new evidence is needed to better support children in the early years. Event - Thursday 16 July 12-1pm, online. Register here: buff.ly/Wi8AIeS #Nesta #EarlyYears #EYFS

Is your evaluation moving as fast as your mission? 🚀 At Nesta, we use theory-based evaluation to navigate systemic change in real-time. Our experts break down how we're using this method to track progress through complex systems: https://bit.ly/4ucEIkq

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What are the UK public’s priorities on reform for political party funding? With New Citizen Project & the @electoralcommission.org.uk, we used deliberative polling to translate public opinion into actionable insights on political finance reform. bit.ly/4vHqt84

A roadmap for rebuilding public trust in politics

Can changing the rules on political party funding rebuild public trust in our political system?

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At Nesta, we create and test countless ideas, but how do we scale them? Our scaling Innovations toolbox shares our approach to taking ideas to scale, with practical tools to build ambition, map routes to scale and connect with the people who can make change happen. https://bit.ly/4tW5Jsp

Our toolbox for scaling Nesta work

Exercises to guide project teams towards scale

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Artificial intelligence promises to help qualitative researchers carry out analysis more quickly -but can it maintain analytical rigour? We've tested AI-powered research tools to find out - here are six reasons why we think AI-powered qualitative analysis won't replace human-led research just yet.

Six reasons why human-led qualitative research is safe from AI... for now

While NotebookLM can support researchers with qualitative data analysis, the value of the tool lies in speed and exploratory sense-checking, not in producing rigorous findings from scratch

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We think health targets for supermarkets could reduce obesity by around 20% - but we need to see government action soon. Hear more about how the healthy food standard could turn the tide on obesity in the latest episode of the Policy Fix. 🎧 Watch: https://bit.ly/4b7rMVy