Research and ideas
Research and ideas
IPPR accelerates progress through ideas, analysis, and public dialogue.
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Reclaiming Britain - a response
The IPPR report Reclaiming Britain, authored by Parth Patel and Nick Garland, marks an important development in the world of progressive think tanks.
Student loan reform: weighing the trade-offs
Millions of graduates are paying more for longer as frozen thresholds and high interest rates bite, leaving ministers with tough choices on how to deliver meaningful, targeted relief.
Will technology reduce the cost of delivering public services?
This is the third in a series of blogs related to IPPR Scotland’s project on ‘Employment, Productivity and Reform in the Scottish Public Sector’ funded by the Robertson Trust.
The full-speed economy: Does running a hotter economy benefit workers?
How a slightly hotter economy might be able to boost future growth.
Making the most of it: Unitarisation, hyperlocal democratic renewal and community empowerment
Local government reorganisation need not result in a weakening of democracy at the local level.
Transport and growth: Reforming transport investment for place-based growth
The ability to deliver transformative public transport is not constrained by a lack of ideas, public support or local ambition. It is constrained by the way decisions are taken at the national level.