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 ...

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 ...

IPPR has reacted to this morning’s GDP data release for November 2024, Pranesh Narayanan, economist at IPPR, said: “Today’s growth figures are encouraging but not outstanding. As we have repeatedly ...

IPPR will play a key role in policymaking at this ‘crucial time’ for democracy, pledges Quilter-Pinner The UK’s leading progressive policy think tank, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), ...

We are entering an age of unprecedented environmental breakdown and a transformational response is required. IPPR is undertaking a major research programme to understand the implications of ...

The UK’s leading progressive think tank has today released a comprehensive blueprint to guide the government’s upcoming trade strategy. The report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) ...

Environmental breakdown is accelerating and poses an unprecedented threat to international cooperation. A new positive-sum model of international cooperation is needed, which should seek to realise a ...

Reforming social security in Scotland: Responding to the experience of unpaid carers ...

In September the government announced a green paper which will review all aspects of social housing — and not before time. It shouldn’t have taken the horrendous tragedy of Grenfell for the government ...

Europe's strategy on climate change and energy policy is at a critical juncture, as political crisis in Ukraine coincides with the introduction of significant new clean energy policies in the US and ...

Grace Blakeley investigates the curious case of Carillion: how the company’s slow decline and abrupt liquidation reveals the nature of modern capitalism. Many have argued that the Carillion saga ...