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Record BP profits “scandalous” says IPPR

he UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that BP has made £4 billion ($4.8 billion) in profits in the last quarter (Oct-Dec), taking their total annual profits...

07/02/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

New polling: Overwhelming national support for scrapping ‘unliveable’ apprenticeship wages

Over three quarters of the public (78 per cent) do not think they could live on the Apprenticeship Minimum Wage, according to new polling by Opinium for the London Progression Collaboration ahead of...

06/02/2023

Press Releases Jobs & skills IPPR

IPPR responds to interest rate rise

The UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that the Bank of England has raised UK interest rates to their highest level for 14 years as it has just lifted them...

02/02/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

Shell profit transfers “inexcusable and demands action”

The UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that Shell has made £7.9 billion ($9.8bn) in profits in the last quarter (Oct-Dec 2022), taking their total profits in...

02/02/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

IPPR responds to BBC review of impartiality in coverage of tax, spending and public debt

Responding to the BBC’s review assessing whether due impartiality is being achieved across its coverage of taxation and public spending, and whether a breadth of voices and viewpoints are being...

30/01/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

IPPR responds to the Sunday Times Tax List

Responding to the latest Sunday Times Tax List, Dr George Dibb, head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR, said:  “There is a striking difference between the Sunday Times tax list and its...

26/01/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

State of the North: North of England experiencing lowest investment of advanced economies, but levelling up is possible

Major report shows that if the North were a country, it would be second only to Greece for the lowest levels of investment in the OECD But researchers at IPPR North find that levelling up is...

25/01/2023

Press Releases IPPR North Power & politics Progressive levelling up

IPPR responds to Labour's energy price cap call

Responding to Labour's call on the energy price cap and energy efficiency measures, Luke Murphy, IPPR's associate director for energy, climate, housing and infrastructure, said: "Households...

20/01/2023

Press Releases Environment IPPR

UK is falling billions short of investment needed in current parliament for energy efficiency and clean heat

Call to bring forward  £5.8 billion of investment  from 2025 to this parliament New research finds retrofitting homes would save the average household  £500 a year  after energy price cap...

18/01/2023

Press Releases Environment IPPR

IPPR responds to Starmer speech: partnership approach is right for the economy, alongside greater investment

Responding to the Labour leader’s first major speech of 2023, Carys Roberts, executive director of IPPR, said: “In today’s speech, Keir Starmer was right to say that we need an entirely new way...

05/01/2023

Press Releases Economy Public services