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UK's tax obsession debunked: most advanced economies with higher taxes than UK have higher income growth

Tax level in UK is lower than many advanced economies, and projected ‘record’ level by 2027 would raise UK only to ‘mid-table' International comparisons show that UK tax...

27/09/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Liberal Democrats have grasped that better health and care are the path to a stronger economy, says IPPR

Following Ed Davey’s speech at the Liberal Democrats’ conference, IPPR welcomed key Liberal Democrat policy announcements on health and social care. Harry Quilter-Pinner IPPR’s director of...

26/09/2023

Press Releases Public services Commission on Health and Prosperity IPPR

Teach democracy classes in all schools and give votes at 16 to boost young people’s faith in politics, report urges

Only 42 per cent of teachers say their schools provide civic education, despite two-thirds of public wanting to see more Reducing voting age crucial to give young people a...

22/09/2023

Press Releases Public services Young people

Interest rates are too high and starting to bite on the economy, says IPPR

Reacting to today’s interest rate announcement from the Bank of England Dr George Dibb, head of IPPR’s Centre for Economic Justice, said: “The pause in interest rate rises is welcome but...

21/09/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Revealed: An estimated £15 billion local public assets sold since 2010

In response, a major new citizens’ blueprint for levelling up - “an antidote to loss” - launches today The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and IPPR North will today launch a major...

21/09/2023

Press Releases Public services Progressive levelling up IPPR

Sunak net zero backtrack is an ‘historic mistake’ that will cost consumers, risk jobs and undermine energy security says IPPR

Responding to Rishi Sunak’s speech on net zero, Luke Murphy, associate director for energy and climate at IPPR, said: “The Prime Minister has today made a historic mistake that’s...

20/09/2023

Press Releases Environment Fair Transition Unit IPPR

Climate ambition will protect UK households from volatile fossil fuel inflation, says IPPR

Pranesh Narayanan, research fellow at IPPR, said: “Falling inflation today is broadly good news for the UK economy. This is a sure sign that the Bank of England should not increase interest...

20/09/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Tata Steel “a bad deal for workers”, says IPPR

Responding to the government's deal with Tata Steel regarding Britain's largest steelworks at Port Talbot Luke Murphy, head of the fair transition unit at IPPR, said: "The use of coal in...

15/09/2023

Press Releases Jobs & skills Fair Transition Unit IPPR

Over 1,000,000 days of learning lost after children sent home, with poorest hit hardest

Suspensions have risen post-pandemic, with 250,000 more days lost since 2018/19 - a 30% increase For the first time, the majority of suspensions are of children living in poverty, widening...

13/09/2023

Press Releases Public services IPPR

Fair tax changes in Scotland could boost spending on key national priorities by hundreds of millions per year, say campaigners

Campaigners are calling on the First Minister to ‘put Scotland’s money where his mouth is’ by beginning to deliver his commitment to explore “bolder” income and wealth tax reforms and to do so ahead...

13/09/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR Scotland

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