Institute for Public Policy Research3d
Joined up thinking: Seven tests for the integrated national transport strategy
The UK government is producing England’s first integrated national transport strategy. In this blog, we set out IPPR’s seven tests to judge if the strategy seizes the opportunity to create a fairer, ...
Institute for Public Policy Research4d
Bank should have cut interest rates in light of faster than expected economic slowdown, says IPPR
Reacting to today’s decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to hold interest rates at 4.75%, Carsten Jung, principal research fellow and head of macroeconomics at IPPR, said: “With ...
Institute for Public Policy Research5d
Tech transitions: UTCs, studio schools, and technical and vocational education in England’s schools
Supporters of England's growing range of institutions for 14–19-year-olds – mainly university technical colleges (UTCs) and studio schools – are increasingly being challenged by those who argue that, ...
Institute for Public Policy Research5d
Inflation not a cause for concern but Bank of England should cut rates to boost growth
Reacting to today’s inflation news, Dr George Dibb, associate director for economic policy at IPPR, said: “Today’s higher inflation figures were expected and pose no immediate cause for concern. The ...
Institute for Public Policy Research7d
The great enabler: transport’s role in tackling environmental crises and delivering progressive change
In this special issue of IPPR Progressive Review we bring together leading political, academic and civil society thinkers to ...
Institute for Public Policy Research7d
Rayner reaction: Pushing power out of Westminster welcome, but fiscal devolution needs to follow, says IPPR North
The influential think tank, IPPR North, has reacted to today's speech from Angela Rayner outlining the new devolution white paper. Zoë Billingham, director of IPPR North said: “Today the Deputy Prime ...
Institute for Public Policy Research10d
IPPR reacts to NAO report on electric vehicle charging points, calls for public information plan
IPPR has reacted to the National Audit Office report on the rollout of public EV charging points (to be published at 0001 December 13). Dr Maya Singer-Hobbs, senior research fellow in IPPR’s energy, ...
Institute for Public Policy Research11d
Clean power 2030: 95 per cent of onshore wind projects in the pipeline are in devolved nations, IPPR finds
Ramping up emerging collaboration between devolved nations will be mission critical to achieving the UK government’s 2030 clean energy targets, a new IPPR report has found. With Scotland, Wales, and ...
Institute for Public Policy Research11d
Everything everywhere, all at once: The need for a four nations approach to accelerate wind deployment in the UK
The UK is a world leader in wind deployment and has some of the most ambitious future wind capacity targets in the world, aiming for clean power by 2030. This is a challenge that crosses borders and ...
Institute for Public Policy Research11d
What is Abolitionist Feminism, and why does it matter?
An insight into why we might privilege social justice, over criminal justice Prison does not only impact and harm those who are directly locked up; prisons affect all of us. Yet many of us don’t ...
Institute for Public Policy Research11d
What the modernisers did next: From opposition to government - and beyond
After three years of a Conservative-led Coalition government, Tim Bale asks what is left of the modernisation of the Tory party and who among its leading lights might carry the torch for party ...