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

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  1. Acceleration is not a strategy: A framework for directing AI towards public value before it's too late

    The politics of artificial intelligence is set to drastically change in 2026 as recent technical breakthroughs get implemented across the economy. 

  2. Harry Quilter-Pinner on BBC News discussing the IMF economic forecast

  3. Seb Rees on GB News discussing NHS funding

  4. A photo of a hospital corridor. A bed on wheel sits waiting while a person in scrubs runs away blurred in the distance

    Bismarck versus Beveridge revisited: Does the model shape the outcome?

    The NHS is under serious pressure.
  5. A close up photo of a lit up mobile phone screen. A woman's hands hold it, mostly in darkness

    Stuck on you: How to make social media good again

    How social media has changed over the last 20 years to make us more isolated from each other online, and what needs to change.

  6. Holding it together: Can the government deliver on community cohesion?

    The government’s long-awaited cohesion action plan, Protecting What Matters, marks a genuine step forward - clarifying the role of the state in promoting community resilience.