13 May 2025
“Making control and contribution the core themes of the White Paper fits with where most of the public is. But […]
11 May 2025
New British Future research on public attitudes to immigration, ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper.
8 May 2025
A speech by Sunder Katwala at the the Royal British Legion’s Remember Together event at Sennedd Cymru, Cardiff, on VE Day, 8 May 2025.
16 February 2025
New research examining public attitudes to international students, including numbers and net migration, and students’ contribution to the economy and universities.
11 December 2024
Bringing people together through community arts projects could help build more cohesive communities, finds new research.
29 October 2024
Research from British Future and the Welcoming Committee for Hong Kongers examines the challenges facing BN(O) Hong Kongers in finding work and dealing with the cost of living in the UK.
Understanding public attitudes to immigration. Proposing reforms to restore public confidence that immigration can work fairly for all of us.
We work to raise the profile of integration, with policy recommendations to increase contact between people from different backgrounds.
Our agenda for citizenship reform includes an independent inquiry into citizenship policy, scrutiny of the EU Settlement Scheme and a focus on raising the profile and impact of citizenship ceremonies.
Understand changing identities in modern Britain and celebrating inclusive national identities in which we can all take pride.
Bringing together people from different backgrounds to uncover and commemorate our shared history.
Building broad public support for refugee protection in the UK is key to defending the protection framework and achieving policy change.
British Future’s research helps anti-prejudice advocates to communicate more effectively and our campaigns seek to entrench anti-prejudice norms across society.
Immigration white paper a shake-up of nearly every part of the system. Headline thoughts:
- Govt raising Skilled Worker threshold back to graduate level jobs. According to govt assessment, this is the policy with biggest impact on numbers. Hospitality likely to be most affected
"Fusing control and contribution with compassion would resonate with Britain, if the citizenship agenda which came with it was more proactive than punitive." - new column from @sundersays on the #ImmigrationWhitePaper for @easterneye
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@thefabians Finally, on the politics, the electorate do want to see net migration reduced from the historic high reached under the Tories.
But views are nuanced.
Polling by @britishfuture shows that just 22% want fewer migrants for social care. 44% would like to see more 6/6
Most of the public (71%) DON'T want to see reductions in migration of fill care home workers, according to our Focaldata poll
#ImmigrationWhitePaper
“Getting trapped in the net migration numbers game, where less is always best, risks distracting Starmer from the key challenges of contribution and control.” @sundersays comment for @FT
UK immigration debate needs to drop the numbers game
Labour’s task is balancing public appetite for control with the party’s other policy goals
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'Poll finds public support for migration to work or study'
New poll finds public support for migration to work or study - British Future
New British Future research on public attitudes to immigration, ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper.
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New British Future research, published ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper, find more balanced public views on immigration for work or study.
"To have a story of how our past, present and future are linked is an important part of what it means to be a nation."
Speech from our @sundersays.bsky.social at the Royal British Legion's #VEDay80 event at the Senedd in Cardiff today.
Only a third of people know that there were Muslim soldiers fighting in the world wars for Britain. A new initiative launching today, called Great Faith, seeks to raise awareness.
Today we mark 80 years since VE Day, when forces from across Britain, the Commonwealth and our allies defeated Hitler's fascism in Europe.
Our Director @sundersays is speaking at a @PoppyLegion event at the Senedd in Cardiff later today.
#VEDay80
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