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...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the universal credit sanctions regime. As the cost of living crisis rages on, the UK’s social safety net has a critical role to play in protecting people from deepening poverty and destitution. But a concerning trend has emerged: the rate of universal credit claimants experiencing sanctions...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at lessons for the UK from the US' Inflation Reduction Act. The UK is in urgent need of renewal. The country faces a series of challenges: stagnation and inequality, risks to national and energy security, and the climate and nature crises. In response to similar threats faced...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at experiences of people on the 10-year route to settlement. Around 170,000 people are estimated to have permission to remain in the UK on a ’10-year route to settlement’ - a pathway that requires them to accrue 10 years of continuous lawful residence before they can apply...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at the risks to transformational change from reaching and breaching the Paris Agreement goal. The historical failure to sufficiently tackle the climate and ecological crisis could create consequences that challenge the ability of societies to tackle the root causes of this crisis. This is a doom loop:...

This report from UK think tank IPPR looks at how the North and the UK measure up in levelling up.  The UK continues to stand out internationally for the wrong reason: because it is the most regionally unbalanced large, advanced economy. Our latest analysis highlights continued and growing regional divides in productivity, incomes, job creation,...