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COP26: Sunak’s green finance ambitions lack credible plan

Responding to Rishi Sunak's commitment to make the City of London the world's first "net zero finance centre" the IPPR think tank welcomes the ambition, but warns that without legal targets and...

03/11/2021

Press Releases IPPR Environmental Justice Commission

Budget fails acid test to level up: IPPR North responds to the Budget and Spending Review

Jonathan Webb, a senior research fellow at IPPR North said: “Today was an acid test for the government’s flagship levelling up agenda – and the Chancellor has fallen short of the sky-high...

27/10/2021

Press Releases Economy Power & politics Budget IPPR North

Budget & Net Zero: Chancellor extends ‘age of fossil fuels’ as he delivers ‘climate-void’ budget, says IPPR

Leading think tank slams decision to cut domestic air passenger duty just days ahead of COP26 The head of IPPR’s landmark Environmental Justice Commission responds to the budget, warning that...

27/10/2021

Press Releases Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

IPPR: Budget disguises ‘real failure’ to invest enough in recovery, levelling up and net zero

Leading progressive think tank says the Chancellor is right on the need for a new economy but ’fails to set out long-term plan’ Chancellor should have invested more in a green and care-led...

27/10/2021

Press Releases IPPR

Cambridgeshire Fens citizens call for “bold ideas and leadership” in response to climate crisis

“We’re stuck in the boiler room of the Titanic” while others make decisions, one frustrated panel member declares Too often, “the people who can least afford the burden, get the...

26/10/2021

Press Releases Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Three year boost to healthy life expectancy in England if ’disease of disparity’ is overcome, finds IPPR

Report reveals stark regional health divides and draws direct link to levels of wealth, poverty, employment, education and public health services Call for New Zealand style public health...

19/10/2021

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

IPPR response to government’s heat-pump plan for UK homes: ‘On the right track’ but needs better funding and more...

Legal deadlines to phase out domestic oil and gas and a nationwide information campaign are also an essential, says think tank Responding to advance briefing on the government’s long-awaited...

18/10/2021

Press Releases Environment Housing & infrastructure Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Call for ‘Tell Sid’ campaign on making homes fit for net zero, as report finds public hungry for information

Demand across Britain for grants and investment to retrofit homes, with new advertising drive to explain technology needed A new ‘Tell Sid’ style campaign is needed to raise awareness of home...

16/10/2021

Press Releases Environment Housing & infrastructure IPPR Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

IPPR: Johnson right that economic model is broken, but offers no solutions to address structural weaknesses

Labour market shortages are the wrong way to raise wages, says IPPR The IPPR think tank has welcomed the Prime Minister’s pledge to turn Britain away from the UK’s existing flawed economic...

06/10/2021

Press Releases Centre for Economic Justice IPPR

Revealed: NHS and care integration postcode lottery leading to unequal access to treatment and support

‘Promising’ Health and Care Bill set to join up NHS and care services, but successful integration requires culture change too, says IPPR report Following the new funding announced for the NHS...

30/09/2021

Press Releases Public services Better Health and Care IPPR

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