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The source. The context.
Ofgem’s autumn cap limits supplier prices. Household solar changes how electricity is produced. Neither source establishes what an individual home would save.
Read the briefing →Ofgem · Erhan Kilincarslan
The government has announced a headquarters site, apprenticeships and a change in train procurement. The passenger outcomes of those plans remain to be measured.
Government research reports productivity benefits, but its fieldwork predates the latest management debate. It does not establish a causal effect on revenue.
University scientists score highly in a UK survey, while a new global report records a decline in trust since 2020. The findings cover different questions and populations.
Intermediaries are a common route to news, but few people rely on them alone. Separate research finds falling overall trust alongside steadier views of individual news brands.
Household energy, housing and the transition to a lower-carbon economy.
Technology, employment and the decisions changing how Britain works.
The long view on rail reform, investment and local transport.
Education, universities and research into health and public services.
News habits, public information and the changing relationship between publishers and their audiences.
LSE British Politics and Policy ·
Devon County Council ·
360info ·
Environment Agency ·
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Road users are being reminded to prepare for possible disruption as strong winds and rain are forecast for Devon this week.
Devon County Council
Behind the surge in EPFO numbers lies an uncomfortable question: are we measuring new jobs or merely recording existing workers differently?
360info · Santosh Mehrotra, Higher School of Economics, Moscow and Kingshuk Sarkar, Goa Institute of Management, Goa.
The recent proliferation of artificial intelligence tools has made creating characters and voices, used by criminals to convince people to part with their money, more common than ever. Lauro Accioly and Julia Caldeira show how new technology has made deepfakes more dangerous, who is most vulnerable to being deceived and what organisations can do to protect us.
LSE Business Review · Lauro Accioly and Julia Caldeira
Academic scholarship is meant to proportion claims to evidence, yet scholars can oversell their findings. Calvin Isch discusses the findings of a large language model analysis of 194,631 observational social science articles and finds causal overclaiming was common, increasing over time, and prevalent even in top journals. Considering the causes for overclaiming he suggests what editors and authors can do about it.
LSE Impact · Calvin Isch
Employees who are concerned about climate change may not know how to translate this into action at work. Berend van der Kolk , Eelke Wiersma and Willemijn Odekerken find that such employees can be stimulated to engage in sustainable behaviours such as recycling and making real estate more durable. And climate-indifferent employees can be nudged to do so too.
LSE Business Review · Berend van der Kolk and Eelke Wiersma and Willemijn Odekerken
Essential repairs will be carried out on the old Holne Bridge and Newbridge at Holne near Ashburton, starting this weekend (Saturday 24 October).
Devon County Council
Recent energy crises have shown the degree to which Britain is exposed to global events. But advances in renewable energy technology, such as solar panels and home batteries, are transforming homes from passive energy consumers into active energy assets, with positive effects for household finances and the energy resilience of Britain, argues Erhan Kilincarslan .
LSE British Politics and Policy · Erhan Kilincarslan
British supermarkets publish Scope 3 carbon totals that include emissions from producing and transporting the products they sell. Those can mix suppliers’ records with estimates based on industry averages. The UK’s new climate reporting standard asks companies to explain their data, but does not require a percentage showing how much comes from supplier-specific primary data. Aruneem Mazumder and Rishikesh Sinha explain the gap, show how other countries handle it and propose two fixes.
LSE Business Review · Aruneem Mazumder and Rishikesh Sinha
Let the countdown to Christmas begin - the dates for this year’s Wolverhampton lights switch-on events have been announced.
Wolverhampton City Council
Residents can get practical help to build their digital skills and confidence at community activities taking place across Wolverhampton during Get Online Week 2026 (19 to 25 October).
Wolverhampton City Council
By framing coal and gas as essential to jobs, prosperity and national identity, the industry continues to resist the transition to renewable energy.
360info · Christopher Wright University of Sydney Business School
There has been a marked increase in the rates of home schooling in the UK since Covid. David Frayman and Ben Helme look into the causes behind this increase, and argue that a rise in mental health issues among young people could be behind this trend.
LSE British Politics and Policy · David Frayman and Ben Helme