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Revealed: the ‘postcode lottery’ of benefit sanctions that hit one in 12 looking for work

Rate of universal credit claimants whose payments are cut or cancelled has doubled since pre-pandemic for those expected to do full-time work search  ‘Postcode lottery’ means...

22/03/2023

Press Releases IPPR Jobs & skills Future Welfare State

IPCC reacts: Climate warning loud enough ‘even those at the back must hear’, but UK government is falling behind says IPPR

Commenting on today’s report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Luke Murphy, IPPR associate director and head of its work on climate, nature, and energy, said:  “The...

20/03/2023

Press Releases IPPR Environment

IPPR Scotland reacts to UK budget

Philip Whyte, IPPR Scotland director said : "Today’s UK Budget is expected to generate £320 million of consequentials for Scotland over the next two years – much of it coming from investment in...

15/03/2023

Press Releases IPPR Scotland

Budget delivers ‘small steps’ towards growth but falls short of ‘giant leap’ needed, says IPPR

IPPR researchers have reacted to measures announced in today’s Budget statement by Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor of the exchequer.  Dr George Dibb, head of the Centre for Economic Justice at...

15/03/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR

IPPR North responds to the Budget

Responding to the Budget, IPPR North Director Zoë Billingham said: “Regional growth is key to national growth – and the chancellor hinted he understands this in today’s Budget, though fell...

15/03/2023

Press Releases Economy Budget IPPR North

UK on edge of falling out of global green race, warns IPPR

Hunt needs to learn lessons from Biden ahead of crunch budget The government’s unwillingness to invest and use industrial strategy to deliver net-zero means the UK is getting left behind in...

14/03/2023

Press Releases Environment IPPR Fair Transition Unit

New Channel crossings legislation ‘unethical and impractical’ says IPPR

Commenting on the new policy announced by the home secretary today, Marley Morris, IPPR associate director for migration, trade and communities, said: “This bill is both unethical and impractic...

07/03/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Revealed: the ‘devastating’ impact of 10-year process endured by thousands on course to settle in UK

More than half of people surveyed struggle with affording bills and food, report finds  Two-thirds report stress and anxiety while waiting for Home Office decision on applicati...

02/03/2023

Press Releases IPPR Society & migration

"Asylum backlog paints a dire picture” says IPPR

Cases awaiting initial asylum decision have risen to more than 130,000  Afghans were the largest nationality arriving by small boat in the final quarter of 2022 ...

23/02/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

Worsening climate shocks risk distracting from efforts to reduce carbon emissions, creating ‘doom loop’, report warns

Growing symptoms of the climate and nature crises threaten to divert attention from tackling root causes, IPPR and Chatham House warn The nearer global heating approaches to the agreed 1.5C...

16/02/2023

Press Releases Environment IPPR