Often, this descends into little more than an argument about eligibility for welfare benefits. This is a disaster for ...

The pandemic has rapidly accelerated an existing trend of decline in access and outcomes. This is creating the conditions for an ‘opt-out’ by those who have the means – embedding a two-tier system.

England’s end of primary school tests (SATs) may not be working as well as they should for the children who need the most ...

Unlike many other comparable countries, the UK’s economic activity and employment rates are yet to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Improvements in population health have stagnated in the UK – a ...

Levels of mental illness, mental distress and low wellbeing among students in higher education in the UK are increasing, and are high relative to other sections of the population. Around ...

One-half of adults in this country voted at the 2024 general election, the lowest share of the population to vote since universal suffrage. This report takes a first look at who spoke in the 2024 UK ...

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 tax cuts announced in Reform's manifesto are both substantial and highly regressive, benefiting the wealthiest households the most. Our analysis of each tax change individually reveals the ...

Two years on from the UK government’s promise to level up, the rhetoric has reached fever pitch, but its definition and the policies to deliver it remain elusive. This year’s State of the North report ...

A quarter of employees feel pressure to drink at workplace events, rising to 38 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds Workplace drinking culture driving absences as 31 per cent of workers call in sick in ...

Last week the Scottish government published its delayed Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) which ‘provides the economic, funding and spending outlooks for the financial years 2025/26 to 2029/30’ ...

Andy Burnham has pledged to deliver “the biggest rebalancing of power the country has ever seen”. The key task for the new government is putting this into action. The Labour government has made an ...