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Research and ideas

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

Our work provides insight into the challenges facing UK society, and impactful, workable policies.

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  1. Someone's hands holding a mobile phone, with social media likes and heart icons floating out of it like bubbles

    Mapping the digital publics

    How platforms shape collective politics in the UK.
  2. Scottish parliament building at Holyrood and Calton Hill, Edinburgh

    Constructive coalitions? What the election means for the seventh session of the Scottish parliament

    What do the results of the 2026 Scottish parliament election tell us about how Scottish politics is changing? What do progressive parties need to do to get back on track?
  3. A close up photograph of a polling station sign on the outside of a building

    Reimagining lawmaking: How to rebuild trust in parliament

    People feel that politics is something that is done to them, not with them. This must change.
  4. Door, leaving or back with parent and child in home together for goodbye or start of morning. Entrance, family or holding hands with person and kid in apartment for travel to school or business

    Work isn't working: Family, work and progression on a low income

    Most children in poverty in the UK are in working households, a phenomenon that has emerged since the early 2000s.
  5. Many national flags against blue sky

    The government is about to host a ‘Global Partnership Conference’ – should it even bother?

    Tomorrow, the government is hosting the Global Partnership Conference in East London.
  6. A 'To Let' sign outside a row of houses on a residential street, UK

    High housing costs in the private rental sector: The case for action

    45 per cent of all private renters in the UK have unaffordable rents. It's time for the government to act to limit rent increases.