Reacting to today’s decision by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to cut interest rates, Ashwin Kumar, director of research and policy at IPPR, said: “With growth reducing in the past ...

Scrapping the two-child limit and benefit cap would lift 500,000 children out of poverty Fairer gambling taxes could raise the £3.2 billion needed to fully fund this, finds IPPR Tax changes would ...

This year’s State of the North report highlights how regional inequality exacerbates the growing challenges facing many young northerners. This is a pivotal moment for young people. The current ...

The leading think tank for the north of England has revealed the arts and culture funding gap between the North and London to be £450 million.

Workers in low autonomy, low skill and non-trade union jobs more likely to be surveilled at work, says IPPR Facial recognition, biometric tracking, and keystroke monitoring adopted without employee ...

New technologies are radically transforming worker surveillance. Meaningful worker voice is needed over surveillance practices to address the risks they pose to worker's rights and wellbeing. New ...

For decades, governments of all stripes have promised to give children a better, healthier start to life. But despite this – and some notable policy successes – the UK continues to fall short on ...

With one in eight UK built cars exported to the USA, British vehicle manufacturers face an extraordinary challenge However, the UK green transport manufacturing sector, which includes EVs, has ...

Land is a finite resource, and the demands made of it have only increased over time. Not only do we need to house and feed more people, but also provide space for energy generation, areas for nature, ...

A new report by the Institute for Public Policy Research into England’s planning system finds that the government will have to tackle unproductive land speculation and ramp up strategic planning ...

Up to 70 per cent of ‘knowledge economy’ tasks at risk of being transformed by generative AI, finds IPPR However, AI’s influence extends beyond work, with one million people in the UK now using ...

Freezing Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates would leave almost one million children in families facing gap between their rent and housing benefits Housing benefits postcode lottery worst for families ...