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Muscular unionism’ approach to devolved nations risks backfiring across the UK, new IPPR research warns

Fewer than half of voters in any nation see maintaining the union in its current form as a priority  Strong backing for common social and economic support across UK’s nations...

07/09/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

‘Support in name only’: Jobcentre employment services failing jobseekers and businesses

Quantity over quality approach means employers bombarded with inappropriate applications, wasting time and resources  People with good qualifications and work experience...

04/09/2023

Press Releases Jobs & skills IPPR

Home Office approach to asylum backlog could push people ‘underground’, says IPPR

Today’s quarterly immigration statistics from the Home Office reveal that the number of people in the asylum backlog at the end of June 2023 increased to just over 175,000. While the government has...

24/08/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

New public fund to invest in green manufacturing is vital to avoid UK falling behind USA and EU, warns IPPR

National Investment Fund is needed to boost investment in green technologies and achieve a net zero economy, says report  New body should take strategic stakes in firms to secure...

23/08/2023

Press Releases Economy Business Centre for Economic Justice Fair Transition Unit

UK heading for new and growing ‘perma-backlog’ of asylum-seekers by next election, report warns

Illegal Migration Act risks casting thousands into permanent limbo and in need of continuing government support Housing costs for new backlog could soar to over £5 billion a year after...

21/08/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Inflation down but recession risk now high, IPPR warns

IPPR has responded to today’s figures on CPI inflation for July.  Dr George Dibb, head of IPPR’s Centre for Economic Justice, said:   “It’s good news that headline inflation is lower,...

16/08/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Take a robust line with exploitative retail employers, says IPPR Scotland

Scottish government urged to hold to account retailers who pay below the real living wage, for their role in the rise in struggling families in Scotland  A LEADING think-tank has called on the...

03/08/2023

Press Releases Jobs & skills IPPR Scotland

Bank of England is “overdoing it”, says IPPR

The UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that the Bank of England has increased its interest rates to 5.25 per cent.  Carsten Jung, senior economist at...

03/08/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

German-style levelling up would see £854 million annual pot for Yorkshire’s leaders

The UK government’s approach to funding for levelling up has been widely criticised – including by the influential Public Accounts Committee – for being competitive and opaque. But this...

01/08/2023

Press Releases Devolution & local leadership IPPR North

BP putting “shareholders above society”, says IPPR

Despite profits falling to £2bn, the energy giant is giving a further £1.2bn to shareholders  For every £1 BP spent on low carbon investments last quarter, they gave...

01/08/2023

Press Releases Centre for Economic Justice IPPR