From #BuildBackBetter and Black Lives Matter to net zero – 2020 has been characterised by calls for a better and more sustainable future. This paper explores how we can better design public policy to support a rapid and fair transition to net zero and the restoration of nature.
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Report
Environment
Jobs & skills
Environmental Justice Commission
IPPR
The pandemic has had dire consequences for people’s lives – not just in health terms, but economically. This tide of hardship will only swell without adequate support for the economy.
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Briefing
Economy
Environment
Jobs & skills
Public services
Centre for Economic Justice
Coronavirus response
IPPR
Exploring experiences of debt and household finance before and during the pandemic, and how the financial impacts of Covid-19 may affect people in different demographic groups and regions
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Report
Economy
IPPR
Centre for Economic Justice
Coronavirus response
There is huge potential for economic stimulus provided by a programme of housing decarbonisation in the north of England. Healthier homes with lower emissions are crucial to our journey to a net-zero carbon future and for ‘levelling up’ the North’s economy..
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Housing & infrastructure
New Skills at Work
Science & technology
IPPR North
The government should use the ten-point plan to deliver an investment-led economic recovery focused on job-creation, decarbonising the economy, restoring nature, and tackling inequality.
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Briefing
Economy
Environment
Jobs & skills
Environmental Justice Commission
IPPR
The UK is set to introduce a new system for work-based immigration in January 2021. For the first time in decades, the government will apply the same rules on migration to both EU and non-EU citizens.
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Society & migration
Progressive Brexit
Coronavirus response
IPPR
Further education (FE) and skills are vital to delivering the government’s levelling up agenda. Low skill levels are a key factor in explaining the prevalence of low pay and progression in England....
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Briefing
Public services
IPPR
Coronavirus response
This is a call for evidence on food and the recovery of nature, communities and livelihoods for the nature, food and farming theme of IPPR’s Environmental Justice Commission (EJC).
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Environment
Environmental Justice Commission
IPPR
While we are all weathering the storm of Covid-19, we are not all in the same boat. This report outlines how the UK and Scottish governments need to act to protect those at most risk of financial insecurity in Scotland.
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Report
Economy
Scotland
Coronavirus response
IPPR Scotland
This paper makes the case for a “family stimulus” – a much-needed boost to the income of hard-hit families through the social security system and targeted investment in childcare to ensure the continued functioning of the sector.
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Briefing
Economy
Families
Centre for Economic Justice
Coronavirus response
Future Welfare State
IPPR