It sought to achieve this by making a number of ‘stability promises’: committing to the Conservatives’ fiscal rule which ...

First, raising tax revenues to sustain the government spending needed to restore core public services and launch new ...

The year 2024 is undoubtedly the year of elections. But while some have been concerned that these elections across the world ...

Over the past decade, the government has rolled out a series of measures aimed at creating a ‘hostile environment’ for people living in the UK without immigration status. In this report, we assess the ...

In this issue, we set out the challenges the Labour government is likely to face on the road ahead, how it might set about balancing short-term delivery with longer-term fixes to the foundations, and ...

But growth is low, and UK is at the bottom of the G7 for investment, and the plans inherited from the previous government ...

It appears that the basic social contract – by which voters pay in tax to a collective pot and government spends this effectively to provide a safety net and enable people to thrive – is now broken.

Increasing capital gains tax (CGT) will not lead to lower investment, slower growth or reduced entrepreneurship, according to new analysis from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Despite ...

The Centre for Economic Justice (CEJ) at IPPR is our landmark initiative to provide progressive and practical ideas for fundamental reform of the economy, to one which is hard-wired for both ...

It causes a damaging impact on individuals, but it also brings a loss of human potential and increased demand for a variety of public services. That in turns bears significant individual and economic ...

Technological change is a good thing. It has brought exponential gains to living standards and is the foundation of modern society. Yet unmanaged technological change has always come with risks and ...