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Governments collectively spend trillions on public services. Despite this, surprisingly little is known on what works across most areas of public spending. Alongside this, R&D spending by governments across most areas of spending, with the exception of health and defence, are incredibly low. For the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada,…
A new report reveals minimal government investment in public policy evidence, with R&D spending in the UK, Canada, Australia, and the US at under 0.1% of total expenditure in key areas like education, social protection, and public order.
A nationally representative survey of 2000 adults found that 81% of people are overconfident in their answers to a series of general knowledge questions - that is to say, they answer incorrectly but believe their response to be right - but there are notable differences between generations.
The UK has witnessed a steep decline in the membership of its political parties over the past few decades. The days are gone where joining a political party is a common life milestone: now just 1% of the electorate are party members.
When we ask people who gamble, we hear many different ideas of fairness depending on the context. Some describe certain practices as unfair: confusing terms and conditions, adverts that pressure and overwhelm and ‘trap’ people into gambling or spending more than they want to, and the practice of gambling companies suspending…
To examine how the design of platforms might help - or hinder - people from making informed choices about the content they see, BIT and Ofcom ran two trials.
Historically the gambling market in Britain has been dominated by cash. However, in more recent times debit card payments have become the predominant form of payment in Britain, including in the gambling market.
In this report, BIT’s Gambling Policy and Research Unit presents additional evidence wagering requirements (WR)—common restrictions on gambling offers stipulating how many times a player must stake their received bonus funds before they can withdraw anything as their own money—are poorly understood by consumers.
Commissioned by Citizens Advice, this report explores how online choices architecture disproportionately harm vulnerable consumers, recommending this architecture and vulnerability should be addressed together to protect consumers.
Adding odds information in an easy-to-understand format (“lose £7 for every £100 bet on average”) to slot game adverts slightly increased demand and trust in a recent online experiment. An increase in demand is surprising, but might be explained by people’s aversion to ambiguity or limited understanding of odds information.
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