The HMRC app represents a great starting point for this. Rather than a tax-focused app, it should be pivoted into a small-business app. The government should split the team off from HMRC and make it ...

In this project, we partnered with the energy supplier Utilita to explore smart prepayment meter customers’ experience of participating in their version of the DFS called Power Payback. This will ...

Across the world, interest in mission-driven government and mission-driven organisations is growing. Reformers are seeking ways to steward public and private efforts behind ambitious, long-term goals, ...

A new system of mandatory health targets will be introduced for large supermarket chains in England, announced by the UK government as part of its forthcoming 10-Year Health Plan.

Increasing access and engagement with the programmeWe garnered over 1,700 sign ups in just over two months, from all areas of the UK (sign ups by nation were roughly proportional to population). Over ...

Heating engineers get free heat pumps in first-of-its-kind trial Participants report increased confidence in the technology Nesta launches major project to scale the model - aims to recruit 5,000 ...

Hands-on home installation boosted installers’ confidence and technical knowledge. After installing a heat pump in their own home, all participants reported increased confidence and deeper technical ...

We collected feedback via a survey (sent out on 3 April, and closed on 15 April) and diary study (data collected throughout the pilot) from parents and caregivers on how they found the programme, the ...

A new £7.5 million global challenge prize launches today to drive AI-led innovation in the discovery of new drug treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the most common form of Motor ...

This vertical bar chart illustrates participant feedback on the helpfulness of the texts and activities for themselves and their child, using a scale of 1 (very unhelpful) to 5 (very helpful). 65.1% ...

A large body of research demonstrates that parenting programmes are one of the most reliable ways to support early childhood development, including children’s socioemotional, behavioural, and ...

To give an example from our work, consider Nesta’s blueprint for halving obesity. Our goal with this work is to clearly convey the effect of a comprehensive package of policy interventions based on ...