Transport in rural Scotland is not working for the people living there, particularly those on low incomes. Despite various strategies, road maps and reports, people living in rural Scotland do not ...

Politicians and commentators have raised the prospect of freezing or reducing the energy price cap this October to help shield households from the impacts of rising energy costs. Less explored has ...

The Centre for Economic Justice (CEJ) at IPPR is our landmark initiative to provide progressive and practical ideas for fundamental reform of the economy, to one which is hard-wired for both ...

They hold, or are acquiring, responsibilities across skills, employment support, housing, public service reform, public ...

The tax cuts announced in Reform's manifesto are both substantial and highly regressive, benefiting the wealthiest households the most. Our analysis of each tax change individually reveals the ...

IPPR Scotland shapes public policy in pursuit of a fairer, greener, more prosperous Scotland. Through policy, research, and communications, we work to create tangible progressive change, and turn bold ...

Technological change is a good thing. It has brought exponential gains to living standards and is the foundation of modern society. Yet unmanaged technological change has always come with risks and ...

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 emerged during austerity and worsened ...

2022 was another tumultuous year for the North, and for levelling up. Severe regional inequalities endure despite government claiming it remains committed to the levelling up agenda. The government’s ...

How can progressives respond to the increasing ethnonationalist narratives of the political right? Last summer, after the most widespread racist rioting since 1919, IPPR wrote it was “a testament to ...

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 ...

The NHS is under serious pressure. In this context, old questions have re-emerged with renewed force: are the NHS’s core principles – free-at-the-point-of-use and funded through general taxation – ...