The UK could have the highest living standards in the world, but we are held back by decades of stagnation. We want to make it easier to build the future in Britain, by developing the scientific, technological and industrial capabilities to secure our position in the world. We believe this can be achieved by creating a more dynamic and resilient economy that raises ambition and creates opportunity for all. You can read more about why we set up the Centre for British Progress by reading our founding essay.

The Centre for British Progress grew out of UK Day One, an election-year project to crowdsource policies for growth from the UK’s science, technology, and innovation communities. For us, ‘Day One’ described not only the day after the election, but also a mindset and practice of constant reinvention and improvement that we thought was undervalued in the policy ecosystem. Our aim was to break the mould of the Westminster bubble by embedding ourselves in a wider network of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs, and translating their ideas into actionable policies. However, over time we became convinced that there is a fundamental gap in Britain’s policy ecosystem. This led us to launching the Centre for British Progress.

We are broadly interested in any policies that contribute to growth and progress in the UK. However, we believe there are particular opportunities for reform in a few key areas. These include: 

• Reforming planning to build more houses and infrastructure 
• Generating green, reliable, and affordable energy
• Improving business dynamism through market reforms 
• Building AI infrastructure and improving AI adoption 
• Reforming the institutions that fund and deliver R&D 
• Improving state capacity to deliver these reforms 

You can see all of our published research here.