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Leeds Policy Institute

Social Policy

Founded in the 2023–2024 academic year, our Social Policy team examines the evolving challenges facing welfare systems, inequality, and public service delivery in the UK. Through evidence-based research on health, education, housing, and social security, the team offers practical recommendations aimed at improving outcomes for vulnerable communities.

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Our Social Policy Team is Hiring

Join our Social Policy team to tackle the UK’s most urgent social challenges through research that drives real-world impact. We’re looking for passionate, socially conscious students to contribute to publications on welfare, inequality, and public services.

Our 2024 - 2025 Social Policy Team

Faris Luke

Policy Head

Tamim Islam

Researcher

Alice Broome

Researcher

Akhila Kale

Researcher

Zac Ferris

Researcher

Henry Nicholls

Data Analyst

Harry Prosser

Researcher

Articles

Fitter, Happier, More Productive

Fitter, Happier, More Productive

Fitter, Happier, More Productive

Concerned (but Powerless), an empowered and informed member of society

Nicolas Padula Pinho

Jan 92 min read

Is 6% too much?

Is 6% too much?

Is 6% too much?

Why a private school tax does too little to address educational imbalances

Tom Buckley

Jan 23 min read

Rebuilding State Education: Will Labour Deliver?

Rebuilding State Education: Will Labour Deliver?

Rebuilding State Education: Will Labour Deliver?

A Tax on Aspiration: How Labour’s Budget Misses the Mark on Real Educational Reform

Kavya Sharma

Nov 22, 20245 min read

Democrats lost, Labour is next.

Democrats lost, Labour is next.

Democrats lost, Labour is next.

Unless Sir Keir can bring his party into the 21st century.

Nicolas Padula Pinho

Nov 13, 20244 min read

Let’s Replace Tents with Social Housing

Let’s Replace Tents with Social Housing

Let’s Replace Tents with Social Housing

A home is a central foundation of life and should be a right, not a privilege

Nina Roberts

Dec 2, 20234 min read

How Market-Based Social Care is Failing the Nation's Most Vulnerable

How Market-Based Social Care is Failing the Nation's Most Vulnerable

How Market-Based Social Care is Failing the Nation's Most Vulnerable

Britain’s broken care system is the product of austerity and privatisation

Scott Harris

Dec 2, 20234 min read

The Case for Adapting Daylight Savings in Britain

The Case for Adapting Daylight Savings in Britain

The Case for Adapting Daylight Savings in Britain

We all get it. You enjoy the once-a-year night where you get an extra hour of sleep.

Yotam Havkin

Nov 19, 20233 min read

Why the UK Must Make MFL Compulsory in Secondary Schools (again)

Why the UK Must Make MFL Compulsory in Secondary Schools (again)

Why the UK Must Make MFL Compulsory in Secondary Schools (again)

Kids may not like them, but MFL are essential as Britain departs from the EU

Chloe Ross

Nov 11, 20234 min read

Britain's Hidden Dog Crisis

Britain's Hidden Dog Crisis

Britain's Hidden Dog Crisis

The public threat of dangerous dogs is not what you think

Francis Ivy

Nov 1, 20234 min read

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