Blog

IPPR has experts across the spectrum of public policy who write engaging and interesting primers and pen in-depth analysis on the challenges and opportunities of the day. You can explore their expert commentary, analysis and long read essays here.

Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups at greater risk of problem debt since Covid-19

Covid-19 has brought financial hardship to millions, with signs of growing problem debt. But like the health impacts of the virus, the economic impact has been unequal across different communities - with ethnic minorities worst affected.

24/09/2020

Blog post Long read Economy Equality Coronavirus response IPPR

The hidden cost of Covid-19 on the NHS - and how to ‘build back better’

The pandemic has had many hidden costs to non-Covid patients, many of whom faced care being withdrawn. Among those affected are cancer patients. The overall effect has been to set back cancer outcomes by several years, this new research reveals.

16/08/2020

Blog post Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

Making the vulnerable visible: Narrowing the attainment gap after Covid-19

Covid-19 has been the biggest disruption in education since the Second World War. Without action to address a widening ‘vulnerability gap’ we will fail to improve attainment for those furthest behind.

27/08/2020

Blog post Long read Public services Young people Coronavirus response IPPR

Level playing field – IPPR Brexit briefing

Last updated 08/06/2020 With the deadline for extending the transition period approaching, the negotiations between the UK and the EU on their post-Brexit relationship are entering a critical...

18/02/2020

Blog post Expert comment Power & politics Society & migration IPPR

Latest Blogs

The UK agricultural sector: less but better

From #BuildBackBetter to Net Zero to Black Lives Matter – 2020 has been characterised by calls for a better and more sustainable future. Transition narratives have dominated much of the public...

22/10/2020

Blog post Long read Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Locking down and levelling down: this is a grim moment for England’s regions

The events of the last 24 hours have stripped away the veneer of our political establishment and revealed the fractious relationship between central and local government. What has happened...

21/10/2020

Blog post Expert comment Devolution & local leadership Coronavirus response IPPR North

Ethnic inequalities in Covid-19 are playing out again – how can we stop them?

Once again Covid-19 is running along racial lines. Despite the inequalities exposed earlier this year, there has been little effort to stop Covid-19 hitting minority ethnic communities hardest as we enter the second wave.

19/10/2020

Blog post Long read Public services Coronavirus response Better Health and Care IPPR

Lessons learned from a heavily industrialised region in Canada

This case study looks at the ups and downs of the transition in progress in Alberta - famous as Canada’s energy province: endowed with a combination of natural gas, conventional oil, coal, minerals and the famous oil sands.

15/10/2020

Blog post Expert comment Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

A Tale of Two Burghs: Lessons from city region transitions in the US and Sweden

Learning from the examples of Gothenburg and Pittsburgh suggests that local leadership must carefully and strategically manage existing assets and networks in order to absorb shocks of the kind the two cities faced.

30/09/2020

Blog post Expert comment Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

A climate for deliberation?

The coming months are a critical period for national policy making, but they could also be a major opportunity to find solutions that match up to the reality of people’s lives across the UK.

28/09/2020

Blog post Expert comment Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Child poverty: Children should not be the collateral damage of the Covid Recession

“Have the germs come back?” my daughter asked me the other evening as I tucked her in. Aged 4 and 14 months, my daughters have been remarkably resilient to the impacts of Covid-19. The voices of...

25/09/2020

Blog post Expert comment IPPR North

Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups at greater risk of problem debt since Covid-19

24/09/2020

Blog post Long read Economy Equality Coronavirus response IPPR

A just transition? Lusatia, lignite and lessons learned

Lusatia is no stranger to industrial change. In the late 1950s, German coal mining was in a crisis. It had become cheaper to import coal rather than buy it domestically and nuclear power plants were becoming more common.

23/09/2020

Blog post Long read Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

People powered solutions to the climate crisis

Addressing the climate crisis, like the coronavirus, has forced us to rethink the ways in which we live and how our neighbourhoods are designed. It has highlighted baked-in inequalities as well as...

22/09/2020

Blog post Expert comment Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Sign up to our newsletter