2026 report argues the NHS patient flow crisis is driven by a diagnostic gap in primary care, and makes the economic case for a targeted pilot of community polyclinics in the most deprived areas. Leeds, July 2026. A new Leeds Policy Institute (LPI) report argues that the NHS patient flow crisis stems less from rising demand than from a structural gap in diagnostic access at the primary care level, one that leaves Accident and Emergency as the default route for patients who ne

2026 report finds a statistically significant green premium is locking low-income households out of energy-efficient homes in Leeds, and sets out targeted measures to make the net-zero transition fair Leeds, July 2026. A new Leeds Policy Institute (LPI) report examines whether low-income earners in Leeds can access energy-efficient homes, set against the city's net-zero target and some of the oldest housing stock in the country. Drawing on a panel of 482 Leeds neighbourhoods

The Leeds Policy Institute (LPI) recently joined over 148 think tank leaders, researchers, and policy professionals from 50 countries at the 10th annual OTT Conference. Held in Rabat, Morocco, from 19 to 21 May 2026, the global summit was hosted in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South.

We are pleased to announce that the researchers of the Leeds Policy Institute had the pleasure of attending and presenting their research at the 2026 British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR), hosted by the University of Glasgow.

The US/Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent rise in the price of oil to a 4-year high has once again swung the spotlight onto Britain’s precarious energy composition and the ease with which geopolitical crises abroad destabilises domestic economic activity. Spelled out in Labour’s 2024 manifesto was the pledge to reduce foreign energy reliance by accelerating the transition to domestic renewables; and while a step in the right direction, complete upheaval of the current

Leeds Policy Institute hosts yearly conference with the Leeds Economics Society

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