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IPPR accelerates progress through ideas, analysis, and public dialogue.

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  1. “I feel quite unsettled and unsafe”: Young people, belonging, and the broken promise of childhood

    Young people in England feel less secure, supported and connected than a decade ago. Based on nearly 200 conversations, this blog explores why childhood feels more stressful and less joyful.
  2. A photograph from below of the grand Manchester town hall building on a sunny day against a blue sky

    On home ground: The future of devolution

    Andy Burnham has pledged to deliver “the biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen”. The key task for the new government is putting this into action.
  3. A photo of police officer and a community support officer walking down a quiet street in Kent

    The legitimacy trap

    Why a more active state needs better statecraft.
  4. A photo of a family walking along a residential street: a dad holds a toddler in his arms with a son and daughter on either side of him

    The first 100 days: A blueprint for renewal

    The choices that the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, makes in the first 100 days must demonstrate that he is on the side of ordinary people. 
  5. Small tent on the pavement of the city street in London, UK, with a homeless person sleeping inside

    Home truths: Housing-led approaches to homelessness

    Nationally, there is a lack of political urgency in reducing homelessness. 
  6. People walking in Oxford street, London

    The democratic citizen: Renewing citizenship and the public domain

    Britain’s debate about ‘citizenship’ has narrowed to a question of the boundaries of our national community.