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Concerning new figures show the government haven’t committed any new resource to the Plan for Growth despite BEIS disbanding a team of almost 50 civil servants In March of 2021 the government...
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A range of elections took place across South Yorkshire last Thursday. This included local council elections, the election of a directly elected mayor in Doncaster and the election of the mayor for...
The Westminster commentariat has been quick to dissect the 2022 local elections. As night follows day, the narrative has quickly pivoted to what these results might mean for this government’s future,...
Today the levelling up secretary Michael Gove has confirmed how the government will allocate the long-awaited UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) - the replacement for EU economic development money for...
Inclusive growth has become an increasingly prominent buzzword in Scotland, gaining prominence among policymakers at all levels of government. Since 2015, it has been central to plans for Scotland’s...
Concerning new figures show the government haven’t committed any new resource to the Plan for Growth despite BEIS disbanding a team of almost 50 civil servants In March of 2021 the government...
This International Women’s Day, we take the emphasis on ‘empowering the local level’ highlighted in the recent levelling up white paper to reflect on why gender parity in policymaking is essential,...
Today the energy regulator Ofgem has revealed the biggest ever rise in energy bills. The change will see the average cost of a household gas and electricity bill rise by £693 to £1,971 with energy...
Here are 12 observations and moments from the year that was, and how IPPR’s work has sought to make sense of the world we’re in and forge a progressive path forwards.
The UK is one of the most regionally divided countries in the developed world . Over-centralisation, ingrained in a culture that assumes that ‘Whitehall knows best’, is the root cause of this ....
Age is one of the key cleavages in UK politics, with some arguing it has replaced class as the key determinant of voting preferences . Political support for the main political parties in the UK is...