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IPPR responds to inflation figure

Responding to the ONS November CPI figures Dr George Dibb, head of the Centre for Economic Justice at IPPR, said: “Inflation reducing slightly is a welcome sign that inflationary pressures...

14/12/2022

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Revealed: Mental health problems ‘most common condition’ among the sick forced out of UK workforce

Poor health of all kinds is undermining UK economy, report finds Younger people most impacted by rise in economic inactivity due to illness Call for...

07/12/2022

Press Releases Jobs & skills Commission on Health and Prosperity IPPR

A ‘universal childcare guarantee’ for children up to 11 would boost economy by extra £13 billion a year, report finds

A ‘universal childcare guarantee’ for children up to 11 would boost economy by extra £13 billion a year, report finds Universally accessible and affordable childcare would create a ‘double...

06/12/2022

Press Releases Economy Public services Families

Revealed: the health inequalities holding back growth in key areas of the UK

Ill health undermining levelling up as workers in North East twice as likely to be forced out of labour market by sickness as people in South East Regional inequality is being exacerbated by...

05/12/2022

Press Releases Jobs & skills Commission on Health and Prosperity IPPR

Increasing income tax for highest earners by just 1p could raise £200m to boost incomes and tackle child poverty, think tank finds

Increasing income tax for highest earners by just 1p could raise £200m to boost incomes and tackle child poverty, think tank finds For every 1p added to income tax paid by the highest earners in...

01/12/2022

Press Releases Economy IPPR Scotland

Strengthen ties in Yorkshire, people in country's loneliness hotspot urge local leaders

A leading think tank has today published a blueprint, and manifesto informed by local people, to improve social connections in Yorkshire and Humber - the loneliness hotspot of England. ...

28/11/2022

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

New migration stats reveal growing asylum backlog

Cases awaiting initial asylum decision have risen to nearly 120,000 Sharp increase in net migration to 504,000 due to new Ukraine routes and higher numbers of study and work...

24/11/2022

Press Releases IPPR Society & migration

A more open approach to migration could win over swing voters, find IPPR researchers

Half of public positive about immigration, up from one-third in 2014, new analysis reveals Adopting a more open approach to migration would not damage the electoral prospects of either of...

23/11/2022

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Chancellor’s first step to raising tax on income from wealth leaves potential £50 billion untapped, IPPR finds

Autumn statement reforms to capital gains tax raise just hundreds of millions of tax revenue, dwarfed by the tens of billions left untaxed Fair reforms to equalise taxes on income from...

18/11/2022

Press Releases Economy IPPR

Autumn statement: family incomes set to slump as spending cuts lie ahead, warns IPPR

Chancellor has taken ‘important steps towards fairer taxation’ by cutting allowances on capital gains and dividend income But with real household disposable income to fall by 7...

17/11/2022

Press Releases Economy IPPR

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