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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Report
Jobs & skills
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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Briefing
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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Jobs & skills
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
We are entering a period of high unemployment with stifled job creation. The government's response to the unemployment crisis so far relies on a quicker bounce back in economic activity than either the Office for Budget Responsibility or the Bank of England are predicting.
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Report
Jobs & skills
Coronavirus response
Future Welfare State
IPPR
Injuries are the leading cause of preventable death in children and young people. As such, they present a significant cost to individuals, society, and the economy. Although the UK has been a world leader in injury prevention policy, austerity and a lack of strategy have hampered further improvement.
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Jobs & skills
Business
Centre for Economic Justice
IPPR
Wales is at the centre of a number of significant disruptions likely to bring long-term changes for its people and economy. Some of these are global in nature, such as automation and technological...
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Report
Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
Wales
Population and demographics
IPPR Scotland
Many of us have some form of learning disability. If you are one of these people, you are less likely to live an independent life, and you are significantly less likely to have a job. This short...
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Briefing
Jobs & skills
Public services
Families
Young people
IPPR North
This report marks the third in a series of three reports looking at what a 21st century skills system should look like, in a comparative study across Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Our previous...
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Jobs & skills
New Skills at Work
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Population and demographics
IPPR Scotland