Economy

Making the most of the Scottish Child Payment

When the Scottish Government’s plans to reduce child poverty through a Scottish Child Payment were announced earlier this month, they were warmly welcomed by activists and economists alike. But...

15/07/2019

Blog post Expert comment Economy IPPR Scotland

Decentralising Britain: The 'big push' towards inclusive prosperity

The UK economy has had a split personality since the Great Recession, combining a record-strong labour market with historically low productivity growth. A solution to this ‘productivity puzzle’ has...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

The IPPR Economics Prize: The winners

Read the judges' foreword and the summaries of the four prize-winning and runner-up entries to the IPPR Economics Prize. The IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, which reported in 2018 with...

10/07/2019

Publication Briefing Economy IPPR

A rebalancing programme for Britain: Ending austerity in the UK

The rate of economic growth in the UK has fallen noticeably in recent decades. Economic growth since 2000 has averaged under 2 per cent per annum, and this poor growth rate looks set to continue for...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

Automation and working time: How to reward digital labour

The time we spend online is political. We may not think it so, but our engagement with the digital world is increasingly resembling a product that is stored, studied and sold.

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

Incentivising an ethical economics: A radical plan to force a step change in the quality and quantity of the UK's economic growth

Our analysis looks at previous periods of British economic history to identify the enabling conditions for our most successful episodes of economic growth, noting the crucial importance of large-scal...

10/07/2019

Publication Report Economy IPPR

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: West Midlands

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

04/07/2019

Blog post Economy

There is an alternative: Ending austerity in the UK

Since 2010/11, successive UK governments have chosen to impose a programme of austerity in an attempt to reduce the budget deficit. This period of austerity is set to be the longest pause in real...

03/07/2019

Publication Report Economy Budget Centre for Economic Justice Future Welfare State IPPR

REGIONAL ANALYSIS: North West

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

27/06/2019

Blog post Economy

How productivity could deliver inclusive growth in Scotland

The UK economy has struggled to maintain productivity growth since the financial crash in 2008. Despite catching up with UK pay and productivity levels in the first decade or so of devolution, more...

24/06/2019

Publication Report Economy Scotland IPPR Scotland