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Sunak is ‘belatedly rising to cost of living challenge’ but leaves millions of families uncertain of future, says IPPR

Think tank welcomes government’s “commonsense U-turn" on windfall tax, but says tax breaks for North Sea investment point in wrong direction  Benefit uplift should be permanently “baked in” so...

26/05/2022

Press Releases Economy Public services IPPR

IPPR North responds to Chancellor’s cost of living announcement

Zoë Billingham, director of IPPR North said:    “The Chancellor’s announcement today was needlessly delayed, causing hardship and anxiety for millions. Although well overdue, it’s right that...

26/05/2022

Press Releases Economy IPPR North

IPPR: New migration stats show failure of Afghan refugee resettlement as small boat crossings rise

Over 1,000 Afghans arrived by small boats showing resettlement scheme failing to provide safe routes to refugees Providing more safe routes is vital to preventing dangerous crossings and...

26/05/2022

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Rich List: Huge gains of wealthiest should be taxed more to help households with cost of living crisis, says IPPR

As Sunday Times Rich List shows record number of UK billionaires, their gains should be taxed the same as income from work Huge increases in wealth at top during pandemic shows how ‘wealth...

20/05/2022

Press Releases Centre for Economic Justice IPPR Economy

Revealed: Here’s what motivated so called red wall voters last week

New polling published today reveals what was on the minds of so called ‘red wall voters’ in the run up to last week’s local elections. The poll of people living in red wall constituencies, conducted...

11/05/2022

Press Releases IPPR North

IPPR North responds to the Queen’s Speech

Zoë Billingham, director of IPPR North said:   “This Parliament must prioritise turning the levelling up rhetoric into reality. The agenda has stalled because of government’s inaction and is...

10/05/2022

Press Releases IPPR North

Queen’s Speech: failure to tackle cost of living crisis undermines any plan to grow the economy, warns IPPR

Legislative programme amounts to ‘cosmetic surgery for an economy facing a heart attack’, says leading think tank Dr George Dibb, head of the IPPR Centre for Economic Justice, said:...

10/05/2022

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Revealed: £8bn hit to UK prosperity as long-Covid and illness drives 400,000 more people from the workforce

Lack of government action to improve nation’s health is ‘holding back UK economy’ according to report launching new cross-party IPPR Health and Prosperity Commission Launch report reveals...

27/04/2022

Press Releases Economy Public services IPPR

Leading think tank for the North welcomes new Director

Zoë Billingham is the new director of IPPR North, the leading think tank for the north of England. She joins IPPR North from the Centre for Progressive Policy where she was co-director, jointly...

26/04/2022

Press Releases IPPR North

IPPR: Rwanda asylum seeker offshoring plan is ‘a recipe for further human rights violations’

Think tank asylum experts also point out that a similar Australian scheme has cost Australian taxpayers around £5.2 billion since 2013 Responding to the government’s plans to send asylum...

14/04/2022

Press Releases Society & migration