This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how the nature of our health and healthcare has changed profoundly. Since the NHS’ first day in 1948, the nature of our health has changed profoundly. Infectious diseases are less prominent. Median survival following a cancer diagnosis has increased 600 per cent. Long-term conditions like dementia...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at what it would mean to truly ‘level up’ the bus network and bring all of England’s metropolitan areas up to London's level. Buses play a crucial role in the lives of people in England. From the daily commute and trip to school or university, to shopping...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the effectiveness of different rhetorical approaches to framing democratic reform. Dissatisfaction with how democracy works has been rising for more than a decade. For the first time since the mid-1970s, a clear majority of people in Britain are dissatisfied with democracy, and recent scandals in British...

This report from UK think tank IPPR is the final report of the IPPR health and care workforce assembly. England’s health and care sector is in a deep workforce crisis. This is not because we have less staff overall. Rather, it’s because of a growing and sustained mismatch between worker-demand and worker-supply. A vicious cycle...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at building a better, greener planning system that empowers local places. What we build, how we build it and where we build it impacts every aspect of our lives: our environment; the economy, and how and where we live and travel to work. In recent years, the...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how intermediaries can become an integral part of the policy solution to help all SMEs access high-quality support. Apprenticeships have the potential to make a transformative difference to the lives of learners and to the skills and productivity of businesses, but this potential is not currently...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at whether better health could provide an answer to some of our most deep-rooted economic challenges. The UK is getting poorer and sicker, at the same time as the country is facing a challenging economic outlook. After rapid progress on life expectancy in the 20th century, the...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how the state and private firms can work together to ensure transition plans are a tool for reducing emissions. At COP26, Rishi Sunak announced new requirements for stock market listed businesses and financial firms to publish net zero plans. However, since this announcement government has made...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the economic benefits of reducing elective waiting lists in the NHS. The number of people waiting for elective healthcare is at record levels. As well as compelling moral reasons to reduce NHS waiting lists, there is also a convincing economic case to go further and faster...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at worker surveillance in the UK after the pandemic. Worker surveillance is as old as work itself, but new technology is making it easier and cheaper than ever. Data suggests that workplace surveillance practices have hugely expanded during the pandemic and are here to stay – though...