
State of the fair work nation
Without decent pay, secure work, or reliable hours, and without opportunities to progress in work, financial security will be difficult if not impossible to achieve for many.
IPPR Scotland is Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland. We are cross-party and neutral on the question of Scotland’s independence.
Without decent pay, secure work, or reliable hours, and without opportunities to progress in work, financial security will be difficult if not impossible to achieve for many.
In a country as rich as Scotland, the moral imperative to eradicate poverty is clear. It causes a damaging impact on individuals, but it also brings a loss of human potential and increased demand...
Ahead of the Scottish government budget, we analyse options for raising additional revenue to protect public services for people in Scotland
With Keir Starmer’s refusal to commit to scrapping it should Labour form the next UK government, the two-child limit has understandably been a big focus of public and political attention this week....
Recently, the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) expert group has published their interim report . A Minimum Income Guarantee is one of the core policy commitments that we want to see made reality at...
Scotland has the worst health inequalities in western and central Europe . The gap in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas in Scotland for men sits at around 23 years,...