Centre for Economic Justice

Centre for Economic Justice

The Centre for Economic Justice (CEJ) at IPPR is our landmark initiative to provide progressive and practical ideas for fundamental reform of the economy, to one which is hard-wired for both prosperity and justice.

It carries forward the work of the Commission on Economic Justice, a wide-ranging two-year inquiry that concluded with a comprehensive final report in September 2018.

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  1. The Bank of England is watched over by a statue of the Duke of Wellington seated on his horse

    Fixing the leak: How to end the £22 billion annual taxpayer losses at the Bank of England

    The Bank of England increased its interest rates over recent years, aimed at reducing inflation. But this has also had an unintended effect on the Bank of England’s massive government bond buying – ‘quantitative easing’ – programme. 
  2. View of Bank of England, Royal Exchange, and Duke of Wellington equestrian statue (1844) with skyscrapers and construction in background.

    Navigating in the fog: Why the OBR should hold its nerve on the productivity forecast

    The fiscal watchdog is under pressure to downgrade its forecast, costing the chancellor billions – but this would be premature.
  3. An unrecognisable woman playing a slot machine in a social club

    Reforming gambling taxation: How to lift half a million children out of poverty

    A key priority for the government’s upcoming child poverty strategy should be to remove the two-child limit and scrap the household benefit cap.

  4. Pranesh Narayanan giving evidence to Treasury Select Committee on National Wealth Fund

  5. Harry Quilter-Pinner discussing the Spending Review on ITV

Meet the team

The final report from IPPR's Commission on Economic Justice

The report argues that a fair economy is a strong economy: prosperity and justice can, and must, go hand-in-hand.
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