This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how to dealing with distrust in politics across the West. Liberal democracy across the West is under strain. The causes of these democratic challenges are many and complex but there is a common thread: a decline in political trust. Growing distrust in politicians should be of...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at reforming the NHS charging system. The system of charging migrants for healthcare in England has become increasingly stringent in recent years. Since the introduction of the new rules, there is a growing body of evidence highlighting their adverse impacts. Through interviews with people with direct experience...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at what we can learn from movements that have made change for our efforts to create change today. Movements change the world. Throughout history, loosely organised networks of individuals and organisations have sought changes to societies – and won. From the abolitionist struggle and campaigns for voting...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the significant challenges and opportunities coming for those who live in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Over the centuries the landscape of the Cambridgeshire Fens has been radically altered by human activity. Very little land remains that has not been impacted by agriculture or people’s needs for housing...

This report from UK think tank IPPR provides a blueprint to make progress on health inequalities in England. Today, a child born in the most deprived part of the country can expect to die 10 years before a child born in the least deprived part of the country. They can expect to fall into poor...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at a comprehensive plan to decarbonise the UK's homes. Unlike the UK’s success in promoting renewable energy generation in the power sector, the decarbonisation of the UK’s housing stock has repeatedly stalled. The UK is currently installing only 6 per cent of the heat pumps, 9 per...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at broadening the decarbonisation debate to involve anti-poverty groups and perspectives. The distributional impacts of climate change policies are a growing part of the debate on decarbonisation as the discussion has shifted from ‘whether’ we transition to the ‘how’. However, there is a need to broaden these...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how to deliver on the promise of integration in health and care. Integration has been a policy objective in England for almost half a century. It is desirable because it promises to improve the quality of care for those who rely on multiple services and reduce...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at a new consensus on economic policy and how to 'build back better' from the pandemic. Covid-19 has exacerbated many of the existing challenges facing the UK economy - but it has also created an opportunity to ‘build back better’. ‘Building back better’ after the pandemic must...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the case for a proportional property tax. The UK’s current system of property taxation is unfair and outdated. Council tax is based on 30-year-old property valuations, varies widely around the country, and is capped at relatively low property values, meaning that a multi-million-pound property in the...