IPPR Coronavirus Response

Inside the black box: the public finances after coronavirus

In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, public finances are the focus of intense public attention. The OBR, as well as a leaked Treasury document, suggest that public borrowing in 2020-21 could rise to...

Webinar: Remaking One Nation: Conservatism After Covid-19 with Nick Timothy

Listen to the recording of this event here .  The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is delighted to invite you to an online talk with commentator, author and political adviser  Nick...

Lockdown cash protects landlords and banks more than the families it’s meant to benefit, finds IPPR

Government’s Covid response leaves poorest to shoulder most economic risk and will widen inequality across UK, think tank says  Almost half of the cost of the government’s newly-extended Covid...

IPPR experts react to leaked Treasury report

Proposed pay freezes would harm the recovery, while taxing income from wealth like income from work could provide stronger post-crisis public finances - IPPR Reacting to the leaked Treasury...

Watch: Carys Roberts on Sky News discusses the lockdown strategy

IPPR Executive Director Carys Roberts speaks to Jonathan Samuels on Sky News ahead of Boris Johnson's 7pm lockdown update 10/05/20...

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.

Revealed: One in three people in Scotland’s workforce could be furloughed, or made unemployed over coming months

New analysis by Scotland’s progressive think-tank shows that 750,000 people in Scotland could be enrolled onto the ‘Jobs Retention Scheme’ (furloughed) this quarter, and a further 150,000 jobs could...

Doctors like me need more than PPE, our mental health is on the brink - Parth Patel

Our carers deserve to be rewarded - Russell Gunson

This article was first published in The Herald on Tuesday 28th April 2020 The 8pm the ‘clap for carers’ has become a highlight in my house in these dark coronavirus dominated days. The...

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...