Last week’s retained EU law bill has received little attention so far amid the political and economic fallout from the mini-budget, but it is set to play a profound role in the government’s economic...
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Progressive Brexit
IPPR
This short briefing sets out the implications of the level playing field provisions in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement for any future UK reforms relating to workers’ rights.
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Jobs & skills
Progressive Brexit
IPPR
Generational progress in the UK is grinding to a halt. Those in their 20s and 30s today have incomes no higher than the previous generation at the same age and are in fact worse off once housing...
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Young people
IPPR
In this report, we propose a roadmap towards shorter working time in Scotland.
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Economy
Jobs & skills
IPPR Scotland
Fair work can provide people with a decent standard of living, a sense of purpose and a means of contributing to society. But for too many people in Scotland, work fails to deliver decent living standards or the security on which to build a good life.
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Jobs & skills
Scotland
IPPR Scotland
In this paper we trace the emergence of a poorly understood social challenge and one which symbolises Britain’s broken ‘social settlement’: the continued rise in working poverty since the beginning of this century.
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Equality
Future Welfare State
IPPR
The Covid-19 public health crisis has dominated our lives for more than a year. In economic terms, however, the crisis is likely to dominate for many years to come. Once the virus is brought under...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR Scotland
Central to The UK's ambition of achieving net zero is the construction industry. However, the sector is facing large and persistent skills gaps and skills shortages, that may hamper its ability to make good on those ambitions.
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Business
Coronavirus response
IPPR
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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Environment
Jobs & skills
Environmental Justice Commission
IPPR
100,000 new opportunities needed in Scotland to head off threat of highest youth unemployment levels since records began
As Scotland’s schools begin to return following the Covid-19 lockdown...
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Jobs & skills
IPPR Scotland
Coronavirus response