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Responding to the latest MPC decision, William Ellis, senior economist at IPPR, said:“At the start of the year, markets expected the Bank of England to cut interest rates twice in 2026. The conflict in Iran has reversed those expectations. The Bank held rates steady today and kept the door open to future increases if the energy shock leads to more persistent inflation. Markets now expect a rate r…

Our economy is failing to deliver better jobs, higher wages and access to the essentials for too many people. Politics feels like something done to people, not with them, or for them, and most people deeply distrust politicians, the government, and the capacity of the state to make meaningful change. A new global alliance of right-wing authoritarians and oligarchs is exploiting this crisis. The a…

Reciprocism says the state should do more for people, while expecting them to do more for each other in returnThink tank sets out four foundations for a new progressive politics: power, place, participation, protectionHigh-profile politicians to deliver keynote speeches at launch of bold new political projectThe Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has today launched a major new progressiv…

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.

Life satisfaction among 16- to 24-year-olds been tumbling since 2010, new analysis findsPupils in England more likely to be mocked and less likely to feel they belong, compared to OECD peersNew analysis by IPPR finds that life satisfaction among young people in England has been in steady decline since 2010, while instances of bullying and not feeling a sense of belonging are far higher than OECD …

“It doesn’t feel like anybody’s helping you, or leading you,” one young person told us in a workshop earlier this summer. They are not alone in feeling that way.  This is what many young people have told us recently. Growing up in England today means feeling less secure and less like you belong than young people did just a decade ago. Life feels increasingly high stakes, the people and spaces you…

At IPPR, Hollie works on a range of topics across public services including health and young people, as well as wider public service theory and reform.Before IPPR, Hollie worked as a researcher at the New Economics Foundation working across housing, tax, and wealth. Prior to this, she sat in the welfare spending and reform team at HM Treasury as a policy adviser. Hollie holds a BA and MPhil in hi…

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.

Responding to Andy Burnham's first speech as prime minister, Mirte Boot, interim head of IPPR North said:  “Today we heard some of the boldest words from a new prime minister to date. Andy Burnham knows very well the status quo isn’t working for our communities. His calls for transformative change by targeting the cost of living, empowering people in every postcode, and remodelling the economic s…

Responding to Andy Burnham's first speech as prime minister, Harry Quilter Pinner, IPPR executive director, said:  “Andy Burnham today set out a bold vision for change in Britain that speaks to the scale of the challenges we face. He is right to call for action to tackle the cost of living, to empower communities and to spread economic opportunity across the country."But we have been here before.…

In many ways, the public want more government: to shape a fairer, more dynamic economy and protect ordinary people from the consequences of a turbulent world. But they also see, all around them in their everyday lives, the evidence of a state that doesn’t work: roads full of unfixed potholes, GP appointments unavailable for weeks, and rivers full of sewage.After over 15 years of stagnant producti…

The Labour government has made an impressive start on devolution. More places have devolved powers to deliver on their regions’ priorities, more mayors have control over spending to invest in their places, and Whitehall is coming around to the idea that local leaders should have a larger role to play in driving economic growth.In just two years it has introduced the English Devolution and Communi…

Leading think tank for the North of England urges incoming PM to move further, faster on devolution or risk failing on promisesWarning of “two-tier England” unless entire country benefits from mayorsResearchers say Andy Burnham must use opportunity to reduce regional inequalities and rebuild trust in politics

A crisis of trust and purposeOur new prime minister, Andy Burnham, faces a burning platform: people are turning away from mainstream politics in record numbers. Trust in politicians is at a historic low, support for populist parties is growing and people no longer believe that that democratic politics can improve their lives. Public frustration is the result of a cost-of-living squeeze, driven by…

The most meaningful progress has instead come from places where local leaders have made homelessness a priority, driving improvements in both the provision and delivery of homelessness services. At a time where trust in the state is low, rough sleeping is a visible manifestation of the failure of our public services.National government used the language of 'housing-led' in the homelessness strate…

New analysis reveals rates of homelessness are set to increase by 25 per cent by the end of the decade without interventionThink tanks call for new government to fund national homelessness programme, taking empty homes and turning them into sanctuariesResearchers urge that Andy Burnham’s “national housing first philosophy” must be enacted quickly to support those at the sharpest end of the housin…

Often, this descends into little more than an argument about eligibility for welfare benefits. This is a disaster for progressives, who find themselves fighting on the chosen terrain of the ethnonationalist right.  But it doesn’t need to be this way. The history of progressive politics is a history of the broadening and deepening of citizenship: widening access to the rights of citizenship, and e…

Fines for failing to vote in national elections, with option to support ‘none of the above’, to raise turnout and engagementAll 16 and 17-year-olds should attend classes and take part in new Democratic Citizens Service before leaving schoolNew schemes to encourage old and young to mix more, including pilot for intergenerational care projects£100,000 cap on private political donations to curb olig…

The UK suffers from persistent low investment which is holding back economic growth. Levels of business investment were at 11.1 per cent of GDP in 2023, placing the UK near the bottom of the G7. Small businesses in particular struggle to access early-stage equity finance to help them to scale up.The UK currently does not have an investor migration route after it was closed in 2022. These are migr…

A new British Business investment visa would aim to attract £425m in investment from 100 applicants each yearAdditional investment flows at this scale annually could add £900m to the UK economy, supporting around 4,000 jobsIPPR recommendations include no fast-track to citizenship, strict financial checks and a dedicated anti-money laundering unitA new, tightly controlled British Business Investme…