The current council tax system in London is unfair. The tax could be a sustainable means of funding local government services while also functioning as a progressive tax on property wealth. However,...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
London
IPPR
The North’s transport network is currently in crisis, but there are major opportunities ahead. The chaos faced by passengers in the summer of 2018 revealed long-term structural weaknesses in the...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
IPPR North
Decarbonisation holds huge opportunities for the north of England. The energy sector is one of the North’s ‘prime capabilities’. The region has a leading low-carbon goods and services sector -...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
New Skills at Work
Science & technology
IPPR
Income crisis is a worsening epidemic in the UK. Yet the government response has been at best inadequate, and in some cases counterproductive, for example the cuts to benefits and the roll out of...
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Briefing
Housing & infrastructure
IPPR
The private rented sector has grown substantially over the past two decades. It is now home to 20 per cent of households (4.7 million). Many more people now expect to live in the private rented...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
Equality
Population and demographics
IPPR
The private rented sector has grown substantially over the past two decades. It is now home to 20 per cent of households (4.7 million). Many more people now expect to live in the private rented...
Publication
Report
Housing & infrastructure
Equality
IPPR
As the most recent IPCC report on global warming shows, decarbonising the UK’s economy is an urgent necessity if we are to tackle the threat of climate change and stand a chance of limiting global...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
Science & technology
Global Climate Network
IPPR
The reform of the dysfunctional land market is essential if the UK is to be a more equal, more productive and stable economy. It is also vital to creating a better-functioning housing market that...
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Report
Housing & infrastructure
Commission on Economic Justice
Equality
IPPR
Fuel poverty is a fact of life for 2.5 million households across England. It is also an increasing problem, with the number of households in fuel poverty rising by just under 5 per cent from 2014...
Publication
Housing & infrastructure
IPPR
Report
Coverage of the housing crisis all too often focuses on our towns and cities, principally those in London and the South East. But unaffordability, and the problems it causes, are not isolated to...
Publication
Housing & infrastructure
Equality
Population and demographics
IPPR
Report