IPPR Coronavirus Response

We're working to deliver policy solutions that can slow the spread of the virus, protect people's livelihoods and ensure the economic recovery delivers both prosperity and justice for the long-term.

Tax and recovery: Beyond the binary

Some taxes can be raised this year without stifling the recovery, especially if the Chancellor commits to a major stimulus package alongside them. We identified four priority tax reforms that could make the system more balanced, more sustainable, and could prevent inequality from escalating further.

26/02/2021

Publication Briefing Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Boost it like Biden: Why the UK needs an economic stimulus four times the size currently planned

The UK needs to match the ambition of the new Biden administration in the US, IPPR has calculated, if it is to restart the UK economy quickly and minimise long-term scarring effects on businesses, workers and families.

17/02/2021

Publication Briefing Economy Budget Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

A family stimulus: Supporting children, families and the economy through the pandemic

This paper makes the case for a “family stimulus” – a much-needed boost to the income of hard-hit families through the social security system and targeted investment in childcare to ensure the continued functioning of the sector.

26/10/2020

Publication Briefing Economy Families Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response Future Welfare State IPPR

Transforming the economy after Covid–19: A clean, fair and resilient recovery

We’re at a historic moment. The Covid-19 crisis could mark a turning point in the direction of the UK’s economy and its efforts to address the climate and nature crisis. The economy is in need of...

02/07/2020

Publication Report Economy Environment Budget Environmental Justice Commission Coronavirus response IPPR

Care fit for carers: Ensuring the safety and welfare of NHS and care workers during and after Covid-19

Covid-19 is one of the most significant threats our country has faced in modern times. The prime minister has gone as far as to compare it to a wartime event. But war, and events like it, always...

23/04/2020

Publication Report Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

Ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 are playing out again – how can we stop them?

Once again Covid-19 is running along racial lines. Despite the inequalities exposed earlier this year, there has been little effort to stop Covid-19 hitting minority ethnic communities hardest as we enter the second wave.

19/10/2020

Blog post Long read Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

IPPR Scotland

Weathering the winter storm: Strengthening financial security in Scotland through the ongoing Covid-19 crisis

While we are all weathering the storm of Covid-19, we are not all in the same boat. This report outlines how the UK and Scottish governments need to act to protect those at most risk of financial insecurity in Scotland.

28/10/2020

Publication Report Economy Scotland Coronavirus response IPPR Scotland

The 100,000 challenge

100,000 new opportunities needed in Scotland to head off threat of highest youth unemployment levels since records began As Scotland’s schools begin to return following the Covid-19 lockdown...

27/08/2020

Blog post Long read Jobs & skills IPPR Scotland Coronavirus response

Covid-19: What’s the outlook for Scotland’s workforce?

We know the health, social and economic crisis will affect us all, but we also know it won’t affect us all equally. This blog marks the start of a series of outputs through our Rethinking Social Security in Scotland programme, as we attempt to look at what Covid-19 means for financial security in Scotland.

06/05/2020

Blog post Long read Jobs & skills Public services Scotland Coronavirus response IPPR Scotland

IPPR North

10 years of austerity: Eroding resilience in the North

Ten years after it was first introduced, new research finds that austerity has had a disproportionately damaging impact upon the North of England’s resilience and its capacity to deal with the social...

22/06/2020

Publication Briefing Economy Equality Population and demographics Metro mayors IPPR North

Now is not the time for Westminster to tighten its centralising grip - Sarah Longlands

https://www.themj.co.uk/Now-is-not-the-time-for-Westminster-to-tighten-its-centralising-grip/217130...

27/03/2020

Coverage Devolution & local leadership Public services Coronavirus response IPPR North

Watch: Invest in nature to aid the recovery - Sarah Longlands on Sky News

Read the full report here: https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/natural-assets-north-final-report...

17/06/2020

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Building Back Better

The hidden cost of Covid-19 on the NHS - and how to ‘build back better’

The pandemic has had many hidden costs to non-Covid patients, many of whom faced care being withdrawn. Among those affected are cancer patients. The overall effect has been to set back cancer outcomes by several years, this new research reveals.

16/08/2020

Blog post Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

The 'new normal': The future of education after Covid–19

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented disruption to schools and learners in England.

09/10/2020

Publication Report Public services Young people Equality Coronavirus response IPPR

Transforming the economy after Covid–19: A clean, fair and resilient recovery

02/07/2020

Publication Report Economy Environment Budget Environmental Justice Commission Coronavirus response IPPR

Discussion Papers

How should competition policy react to coronavirus?

In addition to causing loss of life on a tragic scale, coronavirus, and the lockdown policies to suppress and reverse its spread, are causing great short-term economic disruption. They will also have...

21/07/2020

Publication Briefing Economy Business Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

Beyond bailouts

The survival of large parts of our capital base will now depend on significant government support. This short paper outlines how this can be delivered.

26/03/2020

Publication Briefing Economy IPPR Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response

Who wins and who pays? Rentier power and the Covid crisis

The massive expansion of state intervention in response to the Covid-19 pandemic – in particular, to underwrite wages for workers and loans for small and medium-sized businesses – may at first sight...

13/05/2020

Publication Report Economy Commission on Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

Skills for a green recovery: A call to action for the UK construction industry

Central to The UK's ambition of achieving net zero is the construction industry. However, the sector is facing large and persistent skills gaps and skills shortages, that may hamper its ability to make good on those ambitions.

23/02/2021

Publication Report Jobs & skills Business Coronavirus response IPPR

More than half a million employers at risk of bankruptcy without further support

As the Covid-19 vaccine is rolled-out across the UK, there is hope that the acute health crisis might soon come to an end. Yet, the crisis afflicting businesses is far from over. We find that almost...

10/02/2021

Blog post Long read Economy IPPR Budget Business Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response

Net zero North Sea: A managed transition for oil and gas in Scotland and the UK after Covid-19

The Covid-19 crisis has hit the oil and gas industry hard. Extraction has shrunk as health restrictions have been put in place and demand has dwindled, threatening tens of thousands of jobs...

03/12/2020

Publication Report Environment Environmental Justice Commission Coronavirus response IPPR

Care after Coronavirus: Avoiding a fatal breach of trust

Introduction: In Boris Johnson’s first speech as Prime Minister he made a promise to the nation that he would “fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have...

24/11/2020

Blog post Long read Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

The Chancellor's Challenge: delivering a stimulus for post-pandemic recovery

The pandemic has had dire consequences for people’s lives – not just in health terms, but economically. This tide of hardship will only swell without adequate support for the economy.

23/11/2020

Publication Briefing Economy Environment Jobs & skills Public services Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

Helping households in debt

Exploring experiences of debt and household finance before and during the pandemic, and how the financial impacts of Covid-19 may affect people in different demographic groups and regions

18/11/2020

Publication Report Economy IPPR Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response

Winter Covid debt warning: young people, ethnic minorities, and renters at most financial risk

Think tank reveals 10 per cent were behind on bills before pandemic hit and people expect a one in seven chance of falling behind on bills Cruel irony as many of those most vulnerable to...

18/11/2020

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

Watch: The state of the economy - Carys Roberts on Sky All Out Politics

IPPR Executive Director Carys Roberts discusses the latest GDP figures, the government's economic support measures and the proposed reforms to capital gains tax - which mirror IPPR proposals

12/11/2020

Video Economy Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

Government investing only 12 per cent of what is needed to tackle the climate and nature emergency, warns IPPR

On the eve of what would have been the start of COP26 in Glasgow, IPPR calls on the government to lead by example with ambitious action The IPPR think tank is today warning the UK is off...

08/11/2020

Press Releases Environment Environmental Justice Commission Coronavirus response IPPR

IPPR: Furlough extension gives business and workers some certainty this winter

Think tank welcomes extension but warns more support is needed for families and renters as tougher restrictions come into force IPPR economist welcomes Chancellor’s statement but highlights...

05/11/2020

Press Releases Economy Jobs & skills Public services Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response IPPR

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