In this book, leading education thinkers, commentators and practitioners outline how England’s schools can match up with the best in the world and provide opportunities for all our children.

IPPR's report for the Cabinet Office, based on research into the civil services of overseas countries including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, recommends reforms to the appointment and accountability of senior officials, including permanent secretaries.

In this report, the Commission on the Future of Higher Education sets out how Britain can continue to expand and reform higher education, protecting research and learning through austerity while ensuring that the sector is equipped to play a leading role in economic and social renewal in the future.

This paper suggests that the government should establish National Salary Insurance, which would provide people with much higher levels of support if they lose their job but require this support to be repaid when they return to employment.

On Monday 10 June, IPPR launched the report that marked the culmination of over a year of work by the Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna welcomed the report, saying it would 'provide a roadmap' for the future of this vital national asset.

IPPR's commission on the future of higher education has now launched its report A critical path: Securing the future of higher education in England. Here Rick Muir talks about some of the main points and recommendations in the report.

IPPR went to Manchester as part of our Condition of Britain project (13 May 2013), along with head of Labour's policy review Jon Cruddas MP. After meeting staff and parents at a SureStart Centre in Benchill we visited a community centre in Wythenshawe, where Jon Cruddas spoke about families and children.

Jon Cruddas, head of Labour's policy review, joined IPPR in a listening event with St Mungo's and Revolving Doors service-users as part of our Condition of Britain project (London, 25 April 2013). Listen to some of the participants relating their experiences and ideas for change.

IPPR spoke to Steve Smith, vice chancellor of Exeter University and former president of Universities UK, to find out what he thought of the arguments put forward by Michael Barber in An avalanche is coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead, and what he thinks the future of higher education will look like.