In its forthcoming heat and buildings strategy the government needs to stump up the cash, set robust standards, support skills development, and communicate, communicate, communicate, if the UK is to be successful on the home front on the climate crisis.
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Environmental Justice Commission
IPPR
My last face-to-face work meeting before Covid-19 was back in February 2020, a few weeks before the pandemic hit Scotland. Looking back now, the idea of getting the train, going to Glasgow, meeting a...
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Scotland
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By Carys Roberts and Felicia Wong
In April, the Biden administration made history with a proposal to tackle one of the most pressing moral and economic challenges facing the world economy:...
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Centre for Economic Justice
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A milestone for devolution
This week, voters across the UK will participate in devolved and local elections. The political and policy landscapes are very different from 2017 when the first of...
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Devolution & local leadership
Power & politics
IPPR North
The Covid crisis has affected us all, but it has not done so equally. We must remember that when it comes to paying for the recovery.
Regardless of who wins the election in May, it’s likely that...
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Scotland
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It is time for the government to match its rhetoric on decarbonisation and levelling up with action, says Jonathan Webb.
Aspirations to decarbonise our economy and level up the country are...
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As the Covid-19 vaccine is rolled-out across the UK, there is hope that the acute health crisis might soon come to an end. Yet, the crisis afflicting businesses is far from over. We find that almost...
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Economy
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Budget
Business
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Coronavirus response
Leading economists have written to the Tim Davie, the BBC's Director General, to object that some BBC reporting of the spending review "misrepresented" the financial constraints facing the UK government and economy
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Introduction:
In Boris Johnson’s first speech as Prime Minister he made a promise to the nation that he would “fix the crisis in social care once and for all with a clear plan we have...
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Better Health and Care
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The government has set out an intention to ‘build, build, build’ one million new homes by the end of the current parliament.
Speeding up home building will, according to the government, require...
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