Economy

Help for small businesses needs to be scaled up to prevent collapses as they face cashflow crisis

Businesses across the UK face significant challenges with cashflow, as they struggle to weather the Covid-19 lockdown. British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) polling of more than 1,000 businesses, cond...

09/04/2020

Blog post Expert comment Economy Business IPPR

Beyond bailouts

The survival of large parts of our capital base will now depend on significant government support. This short paper outlines how this can be delivered.

26/03/2020

Publication Briefing Economy IPPR Centre for Economic Justice Coronavirus response

If Rishi Sunak bails out the airlines, he needs to learn lessons from the past - Carsten Jung

The aviation industry faces mass bankruptcies due to the coronavirus crisis. If the government decides to proceed with a bailout for the industry, it should heed the lessons of past bailouts. Any...

25/03/2020

Blog post Expert comment Economy Environment Coronavirus response IPPR

Budget 2020: Level up the economy, step up to the environmental crisis

Rishi Sunak faces one of the most difficult budgets in living memory. The country faces its lowest economic growth rate in a decade, further exacerbated by the expected disruption caused by the...

08/03/2020

Blog post Expert comment Economy Environment Environmental Justice Commission IPPR

Sarah Longlands discusses what to look out for in the March 2020 Budget

Less than 100 days since the General Election and the recent reshuffle means that we are now starting to get us some clues as to the priorities of this new Government. After so many months of Brexit...

27/02/2020

Blog post Expert comment Economy Budget IPPR North

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: South East

This analysis of was handed out at our event Economic Justice in the South East. The event was part of a UK-wide series of public meetings held by the IPPR Centre for Economic Justice . House...

13/02/2020

Blog post Economy

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: Northern Ireland

This analysis of the Northern Irish economy was handed out at our event Economic Justice for Northern Ireland. The event was part of a UK-wide series of public meetings held by the IPPR Centre for...

30/01/2020

Blog post Economy

Not cashless, but less cash: Economic justice and the future of UK payments

The future will have less cash. By 2028, forecasts suggest that fewer than one in 10 UK consumer payments will be made using cash.

24/01/2020

Publication Report Economy Commission on Economic Justice Centre for Economic Justice IPPR Scotland

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: South West

This analysis was handed out at our event Economic Justice for the South West. The event was part of a UK-wide series of public meetings held by the IPPR Centre for Economic Justice ....

21/11/2019

Blog post Economy

Public support for a paradigm shift in economic policy: Will the 2019 election be another 1945 or 1979?

Polling conducted by YouGov for the Institute of Public Policy Research shows clear support for fundamental reform of the UK economy, on a scale comparable to the 'paradigm-shifting' changes which...

17/11/2019

Publication Briefing Economy Budget Business Equality Centre for Economic Justice IPPR