Our home: A progressive agenda on international nature
This report from UK think tank IPPR urges government to follow up quickly on its commitment to place ‘international nature’ at heart of foreign policy. A healthy natural world is a non-negotiable life-support system for every person on earth. It underpins all of our lives in fundamental ways. However, our joint life support system is...
Our greatest asset: the final report of the IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity
This report from UK think tank IPPR central contention contends that better health is Britain's greatest untapped route to prosperity. The nation’s health challenges have reached historic proportions, and change is needed. Led by an understanding that the boldest health reforms only come when there is a strong social and economic case for them, this...
Healthy industry, prosperous economy
This report from UK think tank IPPR proposes a new approach to harmonise public health and industrial policy. If we want both health and prosperity, then public health and economic strategy need to work in lockstep – but this is not the case today. While there is a tendency in health policy to focus on...
Half of us: turnout patterns at the 2024 general election
This report from UK think tank IPPR takes a first look at who spoke in the 2024 UK general election. 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...
Rock bottom: low investment in the UK economy
This report from UK think tank IPPR discusses low investment in the UK economy. The UK’s investment performance is still worse than every other G7 country, new data shows. Compared to Japan, the USA, Germany, France, Italy and Canada, the UK languished in last place for business investment in 2022, a spot we have now...
A second wind: maximising the economic opportunity for UK wind manufacturing
This report from UK think tank IPPR argues for a green industrial strategy for the wind sector that should focus on expanding the UK’s wind manufacturing. In terms of offshore wind capacity, the UK is second in the world only to China. Yet in the next seven years, the UK must install triple the amount...
An electoral strategy for childcare
This report from UK think tank IPPR outlines their findings from their survey about perceptions of our childcare system. The public are ambitious about the potential role of childcare and early education. With a UK general election now announced, political parties should consider how they can meet this motivation with an improved early years offer....
Moving together: a people-focussed pathway to fairer and greener transport
This report from UK think tank IPPR argues that the path to net zero has to be about the real-world impact. All decarbonisation pathways must be designed with people, and the principles of a just and fair transition, as their starting point.IPPR has been working to explore what a fair transition to net zero transport...
Skills matter: shaping a just transition for workers in the energy sector
This report from UK think tank IPPR argues that delivering a just transition must include developing an understanding of future career options for energy sector workers. The transition to a net zero economy is both a necessity and an opportunity for the UK. In this report, we focus on the challenges workers face in the...
Manufacturing matters: the cornerstone of a competitive green economy
This report from UK think tank IPPR makes the case for building green manufacturing in the UK. We make the case for building green manufacturing in the UK, and put forward a framework for how to make choices about which capabilities we most need. UK manufacturing has declined far more than other advanced economies in...