We want to improve the level of public understanding and the quality of media coverage of the key issues facing the electorate.  As well as providing data and illustrative charts, we will provide compact briefings that further the understanding of public policy questions.  Where manifestos touch on the topics we will integrate a balanced assessment of party policies.

As well as a number of short briefings we have produced four podcasts and six short vodcasts.​

You can access all of our briefings in one publication here: UK General Election Analysis 2019

We will be focussing on:

• The Economy and Brexit​​​
  • The current economic backdrop
  • The fiscal and macroeconomic impact of political parties’ proposed policies
  • The economic and fiscal impact of Brexit
  • Assessment of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Frameworks
• Education
• Regions, Productivity and Trade
  • ​​Places and Spaces: Mapping Britain's Regional Divides​​
  • Trade and trade policy after Brexit
• Minimum Wages
• ​​​The Past, Present and Future of Immigration

Op-Eds by NIESR staff

We are grateful to the Nuffield Foundation for funding most of this work as part of its mission to ensure public debate in the run-up to the General Election is informed by independent and rigorous evidence. For more information go to