Insights

Dozens of new nuclear reactors could be built across the UK and US under a proposed civil nuclear bilateral agreement, providing reliable power for high-energy industries like data centres and renewable fuel production. According to a new transatlantic report, the agreement could drive down costs, accelerate deployment, and strengthen...

Stonehaven and E.ON Next have today published ‘Rebuilding Trust - Tackling energy debt through greater understanding’. The report outlines fresh solutions to support customers who may be struggling to pay their energy bills.

Affordability remains a top concern for energy customers, with the latest statistics from the energy regulator,...

This note has been produced by Stonehaven’s team of digital campaigning specialists to provide advice on how digital channels and use is set to evolve in 2025. For any queries or to find out more about how to leverage digital campaigning for your business or campaign, please get in touch.

Why is the electric vehicle revolution running flat? At the start of the 2020s, the growth in electric vehicle sales was outpacing all expectations, and the path to zero-emission driving seemed effortless. But since 2023, sales have flatlined.

In Loose Connections head of transport policy Michael Dnes explores the idea...

In many of our focus groups since the 2024 election, when asked how Labour was doing, we have seen responses like this one: “I don't think Labour has done very well since they came in… but they do have time to improve things.” Our focus group respondents seem to have...

There are many questions about the rise of populism around the world. But at Stonehaven we have found something that helps find answers, through one feature that unites all four seats that swung to Reform at the last election (with Ashfield having already been Reform). Drawing on experience from the...

A new report shows the steps government should take to secure support for GB Energy.  

A new paper from Stonehaven, commissioned by Project Tempo, details how the UK Government can secure the future of Great British Energy (GBE) by offering cut-price power and key materials for the UK’s clean energy...

Motoring tax has a reputation as too dangerous to touch. Even at the Budget, the Chancellor deferred a planned 7p fuel duty rise at a cost of £3.0 billion, rather than deal with the impact on family budgets.

But this may not prevent an explosion. Even with fuel duty...

Disposable vapes are to be banned. Smokers will not be able to light up outside the hospital door. And, at some point in the parliament, we can expect new laws prohibiting the next generation from being able to legally buy cigarettes.

But is there a mandate for the government to...

On October 2^nd, Ofgem opened a consultation on innovation in the energy retail market, specifically looking at ways to reform the licencing regime to facilitate market entry. This comes after the 2021 energy crisis brutally exposed the structural failure of the market and the need for fundamental changes. Indeed, as...

Kier Starmer and Rachel Reeves have talked about unlocking long-delayed infrastructure. Soon, they will have a chance to prove it, as they are asked to sign off the last piece of Clement Attlee’s roads programme.

In 1946, the Minister of Transport published the country’s first programme for a network of...

With the appointment of his new Chief of Staff, the Prime Minister put the fight against populism at the top of the political agenda.

He is a man of few words. So when he speaks, people listen. The appointment of Morgan McSweeney as the Prime Minister’s new Chief of Staff...

This week, Kim Leadbeater MP announced her intention to introduce a new Bill which would provide terminally ill, eligible adults a choice to shorten their dying at the end of their life and support their families thereafter. This comes just months after a similar bill was introduced into the...

This week, as four Conservative leadership contenders set out their stalls at the party conference in Birmingham, Stonehaven’s data and insights team has been diving into what makes up this centre-right coalition of lost voters.

This potential pool amounts to 42% of voters who have centre-right values: the ‘Easy Wins’,...

Three key priorities for the newly independent NESO

Today marks a seismic shift in the structure of the UK’s energy sector, as the functions of running the power system and planning both gas and power are removed from the private sector and housed in a publicly owned body. This is...

Adam McNicholas, Senior Advisor at Stonehaven

Sandwiched between the general election and a series of strategic milestones in the early parliament – notably the International Investment Summit, the Autumn Budget and the forthcoming Industrial Strategy; this was always going to be...

By Keir Cozens, Managing Consultant at Stonehaven and former Parliamentary Labour Party Secretary and Director of Political Services at the Labour Party. 

“It would be wrong for business leaders to assume that Labour’s workers’ rights agenda is simply a pitch to the core voter base of the party. As...