Child poverty remains a persistent and deeply rooted issue in the UK. In 2022/23 it was estimated that 4.3 million children live in relative poverty, and this number has risen in recent years. Among ...

With global trade policy in tumult following a series of tariff announcements from the new Trump administration, the UK now faces critical choices for how best to pursue a successful trade agenda. The ...

“The world is changing – international instability has forced the government to make stark choices at the UK’s Spring Statement. Who pays the price of increasing costs is critical. “One thing hasn’t ...

Responding to today’s spring statement, Harry Quilter-Pinner, executive director at IPPR, said: “No one would envy the chancellor for the tough decisions she had to make in today's Spring Statement.

Stephen Boyd, director of IPPR Scotland, said: “The Chancellor is correct in saying that the world has changed. Fiscal challenges are only likely to intensify across all advanced economies as security ...

IPPR North is the leading think tank based in the north of England. We are researchers, communicators, and policy experts who develop bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions so that ...

IPPR’s Commission on Health and Prosperity set out to test a core hypothesis that a healthier country is a more prosperous one. We have shown that good health is good for individual earnings, the UK ...

The North holds the key to the UK’s economic future - and the government must plan to unlock it. That’s according to research published today by IPPR North. As the world faces deepening economic ...

Regions like the North should have a key role to play in the development of a green industrial strategy. The government’s ongoing development of an industrial strategy provides an opportune moment to ...