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Three year boost to healthy life expectancy in England if ’disease of disparity’ is overcome, finds IPPR

Report reveals stark regional health divides and draws direct link to levels of wealth, poverty, employment, education and public health services Call for New Zealand style public health...

19/10/2021

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

IPPR response to government’s heat-pump plan for UK homes: ‘On the right track’ but needs better funding and more...

Legal deadlines to phase out domestic oil and gas and a nationwide information campaign are also an essential, says think tank Responding to advance briefing on the government’s long-awaited...

18/10/2021

Press Releases Environment Housing & infrastructure Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Call for ‘Tell Sid’ campaign on making homes fit for net zero, as report finds public hungry for information

Demand across Britain for grants and investment to retrofit homes, with new advertising drive to explain technology needed A new ‘Tell Sid’ style campaign is needed to raise awareness of home...

16/10/2021

Press Releases Environment Housing & infrastructure IPPR Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

IPPR: Johnson right that economic model is broken, but offers no solutions to address structural weaknesses

Labour market shortages are the wrong way to raise wages, says IPPR The IPPR think tank has welcomed the Prime Minister’s pledge to turn Britain away from the UK’s existing flawed economic...

06/10/2021

Press Releases Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Revealed: NHS and care integration postcode lottery leading to unequal access to treatment and support

‘Promising’ Health and Care Bill set to join up NHS and care services, but successful integration requires culture change too, says IPPR report Following the new funding announced for the NHS...

30/09/2021

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

Labour’s £28 billion investment pledge to achieve net zero is ‘welcome recognition’ of scale of challenge, says IPPR

Think tank also backs case for taxing income from wealth at similar rates to income from work IPPR has welcomed Labour’s ambition to boost investment in the UK’s transition to net zero by £28...

27/09/2021

Press Releases

It could take until 2033 to clear cancer treatment backlog in England, finds IPPR and CF

Pandemic toll on cancer services revealed in new analysis, with an estimated 19,500 missing cancer diagnoses due to missed referrals Ambitious cancer services recovery plan needed to clear...

24/09/2021

Press Releases

Tax bumper pandemic profits to kickstart a fairer and stronger post-crisis economy, says IPPR

Think tank sets out progressive economic agenda to tackle wealth inequality, secure full employment and shift power in the economy Call to learn from ‘Bidenomics’ and invest £47 billion extra...

22/09/2021

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Government installing fewer than 6 per cent of the heat pumps needed to decarbonise nation's homes

Delayed heat and building strategy must now deliver on ‘cash, comms, jobs and standards’ to fairly achieve ‘difficult’ part of drive to net zero, says IPPR The IPPR think tank is calling on...

08/09/2021

Press Releases Environment Housing & infrastructure Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Social care plan ‘a clear improvement’ on current system but leaves key problems unresolved, says IPPR

Government proposals for ‘cap and floor’ would help thousands of families avoid catastrophic care costs. Instead of new ‘social care levy’, cash should be raised from income tax or raising taxes on the wealthy.

07/09/2021

Press Releases Centre for Economic Justice Better Health and Care IPPR

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