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Government failure to eradicate poverty holds back economy and damages livelihoods, new research reveals

Leading anti-poverty charities publish research showing that ending poverty is not just morally right – it's also an economic imperative Scotland’s economy is missing out on up to £2.4 billion...

31/05/2023

Press Releases Economy Public services Scotland IPPR Scotland

Government should “beware kneejerk reaction” to migration stats, says IPPR

Today’s statistics from the ONS and the Home Office on migration reveal that: Net migration reached 606,000 in 2022 , driven largely by an increase in work visas and the Hong Kong and...

25/05/2023

Press Releases Society & migration IPPR

IPPR says Labour is right to adopt new health mission, but investment will be key

The influential IPPR think tank has backed core aspects of Labour’s newly announced health mission, which includes key pillars from the institute’s Commission on Health and Prosperity. However, it...

22/05/2023

Press Releases Commission on Health and Prosperity IPPR

Sunday Times Rich List shows tax reform 'more urgent than ever' says IPPR

Responding to the latest Sunday Times Rich List, Dr George Dibb, head of the centre for economic justice at IPPR, said : "While a rising number of households on the lowest incomes simply...

19/05/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

More people are now out of work due to ill health than any other time since records began

Responding to the latest inactivity stats in the UK from the ONS showing that 2.55 million people are out of the labour market due to long-term sickness, Chris Thomas, head of IPPR's Commission on...

16/05/2023

Press Releases Commission on Health and Prosperity

Interest rates rise risks “big economic costs”, 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 4.5 per cent. Carsten Jung, senior economist at...

11/05/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Apprenticeship support hit by postcode lottery, says IPPR

The postcode lottery of small business support is undermining the government’s ability to address England’s national skills shortages, according to a new report by IPPR. Under the current model,...

11/05/2023

Press Releases Jobs & skills Business IPPR

“Shell’s profits soar while households suffer” says IPPR

The UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that Shell has made £7.7 billion ($9.65 billion) in profits in the last quarter (Jan-Mar). Shell have also announced a...

04/05/2023

Press Releases Economy IPPR Centre for Economic Justice

BP "driving up prices and profits” says IPPR

The UK’s leading progressive thinktank, IPPR, has responded to the announcement that BP has made £4 billion ($5 billion) in profits in the last quarter (Jan-Mar). BP have also announced a new round...

02/05/2023

Press Releases Economy Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Revealed: The hidden personal cost of UK long-term sickness that cries out for a new national health mission

New health conditions cost people up to £2,200 on average from annual earnings – others in household also badly affected Sickness is a key factor in around half of people leaving work ...

27/04/2023

Press Releases Economy Commission on Health and Prosperity IPPR

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