The UK is facing a precarious and volatile period for global trade. The volume of global goods flows is back on the rise after a difficult 2023 caused by inflation and interest rate hikes. But with ...

Two in three voters who switched from Conservative to Labour at the election (64 per cent) are positive towards EVs, but Conservative to Reform switchers hold consistently anti-EV views Policies such ...

In the long run, the only way to end the UK's chronic housing crisis is to build many more homes. But are Britain's big builders willing and able to deliver the new houses we need? In this report, we ...

This report presents a fresh, place-based approach to rural policy that addresses local, national and global issues effectively, and recommends the introduction of ‘rural devolution deals’ that would ...

IPPR has reacted to Rachel Reeves’s speech, Harry Quilter Pinner, executive director of IPPR, said: “Rachel Reeves is right to say Britain’s economy has huge ...

‘There’s a lot of people in the EU who supply gaps in the service industries, the land workers … fantastic work ethic … lovely people … There’s a lot of rubbish talked about benefits and the fact ...

The director of leading think tank IPPR North has today called for Mayors to be given the power to bring in a visitor levy for their area. Giving evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local ...

Established in autumn 2016 in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, the aim of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice was to examine the challenges facing the UK economy and to ...

The bus services bill is an opportunity to ensure reform really means thriving, green 21 st century local bus networks in England. The government’s bus services bill focusses on a five-point plan: ...

Over the past few days and weeks, there has been lots of rather histrionic commentary about the UK’s economic situation as if the budget has created an economic disaster from which we’ll never recover ...

This event will discuss how the government can boost investment, raise living standards, and deliver growth. We will explore whether the government’s current policies go far enough, and where the ...

IPPR will once again be hosting a lively programme of fringe events at four party conferences this autumn; Conservative, Labour, SNP, and the Liberal Democrats. We anticipate that, just as in previous ...