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

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  1. A diverse group of runners smiling and high-fiving spectators as they cross the finish line

    The Europe agenda: Our values

    Why we must redesign our relationship with Europe around the values we share and want to defend.
  2. A view from above a wind turbine with two engineers standing on top of it

    Partner to scale: How international collaboration can enable the green transition

    Scaling clean industrial technologies requires a shift from fragmented national strategies to targeted, durable international cooperation.
  3. Three EU flags outside a large glass and steel building in Brussels, Belgium

    The Europe agenda: Trade and integration

    This briefing note explores the options for the UK to deepen the trading relationship and sets out a proposed path forward.

  4. Brexit 10 years on: Time the North took back control through devolution

    Why does 'take back control' not extend to devolution?
  5. The Home Office building in London

    English devolution and migration: A role for strategic authorities

    As English devolution accelerates, strategic authorities are becoming more important actors in policy areas that shape how people settle, integrate and build lives in local communities. 

  6. Windrush Day: The unfinished business of immigration reform

    Eight years after the Windrush scandal, its lessons remain highly relevant to debates about immigration policy today.