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Revealed: A third of adults struggled to access NHS during pandemic, driving many to private healthcare

Poll reveals 31 per cent found it difficult to access NHS services during the pandemic, pushing almost one in eight of them to use private healthcare – the equivalent of around 2 million people...

02/03/2022

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

IPPR Scotland: New director announced to lead IPPR Scotland’s drive for progressive policymaking

Philip Whyte has been appointed director of Scotland’s progressive think tank, IPPR Scotland. Philip brings to the role significant experience across government and the third sector, with...

01/03/2022

Press Releases IPPR Scotland

IPPR: Asylum stats show 100,000 waiting for initial decision – triple that of four years ago

Think tank urges government to fix asylum system and prepare to welcome refugees fleeing crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan New analysis by IPPR of the released quarterly migration figures for...

24/02/2022

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Scotland fuel scheme is tax break for almost 1 in 3 of highest earners while not going far enough for low income families

NEW ANALYSIS REVEALS SCOTLAND FUEL SCHEME IS TAX BREAK FOR ALMOST 1 IN 3 OF HIGHEST EARNERS WHILE NOT GOING FAR ENOUGH FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES A leading think tank has warned that urgent action...

11/02/2022

Press Releases IPPR Scotland

IPPR: NHS integration white paper is ‘important move’ away from ‘misguided’ policies of past decade

IPPR has welcomed the government’s proposals to make the health service more locally accountable, and to better integrate health and social care, expected to be published in a white paper today...

09/02/2022

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

Revealed: 72 per cent fall in entry-level apprenticeship uptake since 2014

Government is urged to ‘not leave youngest behind’ this National Apprenticeships Week by boosting access to apprenticeships Analysis of government data by the London Progression Collaboration...

09/02/2022

Press Releases Jobs & skills

Revealed: Older workers, ethnic minorities and people on low incomes most likely to lack access to sick pay

Sick pay reform needed to successfully ‘live with Covid’, according to IPPR and UCL Report calls for improvements to employment conditions, recognising the key link between work and healthy...

04/02/2022

Press Releases Economy Jobs & skills Public services IPPR

Energy crisis: Poorest households will be pushed into ‘fuel stress’ despite Sunak relief scheme, warns IPPR

Think tank analysis finds lowest 10 per cent of earners will still be forced to spend unaffordable sums on heating and electric bills Almost half (44 per cent) of highest earners will be...

03/02/2022

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Levelling up: Government’s homes ambitions 'positive’ but gaps on funding and delivery are 'woeful', says IPPR

Plans that echo IPPR’s proposals are welcome, including landlords’ register and an end to no-fault eviction welcomed But white paper overlooks problems like affordability and lacks...

02/02/2022

Press Releases Housing & infrastructure IPPR

IPPR North responds to the Levelling Up White Paper

Dr Arianna Giovannini, interim director of IPPR North said: “After years of central government rhetoric and little in the way of meaningful policy to match it, the UK is more regionally...

02/02/2022

Press Releases Devolution & local leadership Economy IPPR North

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