Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 30/09/2026As Labour Party Conference comes to a close, we want to say a huge thank you to everyone across IPPR who made our events possible, to all of our guest speakers and partners, and to those who joined us over the past few days. See you next year. 👋 030
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/09/2026Starting shortly 🚨 How can we better support young people into employment, education or training? 🕓 16.15-17.15 📍Education area 3, Museum of Liverpool 🔒 Invite only 010
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/09/2026The Chancellor is constrained, but he's not powerless. There’s still plenty of room for big reform. In the upcoming Budget he should fix property taxes and capital gains tax to make them fair, boost growth, and give the government revenue. 📺 @harryqp.bsky.social on @news.sky.com 👇 151
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/09/2026Coming up 🚨 Can Labour deliver on its ambition for a healthier Britain? 🕝 14.30–15.45 📍 Arena, Room Tees, LEX #labourpartyconference 030
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/09/2026Join us for ‘Welfare under fire: Understanding British Social Attitudes’ 🕝 14.30–15.45 📍 Education Area 3, Museum of Liverpool #labourpartyconference 020
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 24/09/2026⚡ | NEW REPORT: England’s clean energy transition will be built locally, but local leaders still lack the powers to shape it. Our new report sets out how to devolve powers so places can build faster. Read here 👇 buff.ly/fHByeZ4 052
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 22/09/2026Someone working everyday to make a living should not pay a higher percentage of their income in tax, then someone making money from selling an asset or an investment. @rachaelhenry.bsky.social on GBNews. 092
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 21/09/2026Young people shouldn't have to rely on a 'postcode lottery' to access employment opportunities. Our recent report found that regions with less suitable opportunities for young people also tend to have higher NEET rates. Here's @rachaelhenry.bsky.social on GB news this morning. 041
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 21/09/2026Trump has announced what he calls a ‘historic’ deal over Greenland, but how much of it is actually new? Many of its key elements simply build on arrangements the US has already had for decades. With the US midterms just over six weeks away, Republicans are struggling in the polls. 132
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 21/09/2026Both left and right agree that Capital Gains Tax (CGT) can be reformed to raise revenue while supporting investment and growth. It was Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson who first equalised CGT rates with income tax in the first place. 1/2 1105
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 20/09/2026The two £36m donations to Reform announced this month are not an isolated phenomenon, but the most dramatic example yet of a longer-term shift towards British parties relying on very large individual donors. 🧵 120
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 18/09/2026We’re delighted to announce a new editorial advisory board to help shape the future of IPPR's journal, Progressive Review, including: 👉 @iprnickp.bsky.social 👉 @pollymackenzie.bsky.social 👉 @will-davies.bsky.social Subscribe here: progressivereview.substack.com 082
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 18/09/2026📣 Today, we’re relaunching IPPR’s journal of politics, ideas and public policy, Progressive Review. A new Substack, a new look, a new editorial team, and lots of new content. Sign up here 👇 buff.ly/Q7HpiEi 1176
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 16/09/2026The lazy stereotype misses the point: in many places, young people face a real shortage of suitable opportunities. If we want to tackle the NEET crisis, we need to create opportunities where they are missing. Read the full report: buff.ly/FVOOmyR 032
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 16/09/2026Our new Local Youth Opportunity Index reveals a sixfold gap in job opportunities for young people. E.g. There is one suitable job for every four young people in the Cotswolds, compared to just one for every 22 young people in Rotherham. Read more here: buff.ly/FVOOmyR 041
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 16/09/2026⏰ | NEW REPORT: Too much of the debate about NEETs assumes the problem lies with young people. But our new research shows where you live is one of the biggest determinants of your chances of finding work. Here’s our plan to tackle the NEET crisis 👇 buff.ly/FVOOmyR 181
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 11/09/2026What knowledge do you need to be British? The Life in the UK test should help people understand the country they’re joining rather than just testing how well they can memorise obscure facts. Our latest report sets out a better approach 🔗 buff.ly/VixAiGU @amreenqureshi.bsky.social 1103
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 10/09/2026Citizenship should help people play an active part in society, not test how well they memorise arbitrary facts. A new citizenship course could be focused on everyday life, shared values, UK institutions and community participation. Read more 🔗 www.ippr.org/publications/from-strangers-to-citizens 2134
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 10/09/2026🚨 NEW REPORT: UK citizenship fees are more than 5x the cost of processing an application. We need a system that’s more accessible and does more to build participation, integration and belonging. Our new report sets out how 🔗 www.ippr.org/publications/from-strangers-to-citizens 24619
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 07/09/2026🪇🪇🪇 Great to see our very own @carsjung.bsky.social and @roapowell.bsky.social included in the 21 most influential thinkers on AI list! 050
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 04/09/2026Ambition vs affordability 💷 @harryqp.bsky.social on BBC News breaks down what rising borrowing costs mean for the spending plans Andy Burnham wants to deliver 020
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 02/09/2026👵💷 Should pensioners pay more tax? As Britain ages, the cost of pensions, healthcare and social care will rise by billions. We can’t keep asking younger workers to pick up the bill. @harryqp.bsky.social says it’s time to shift tax away from work and towards wealth. 152
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026⚡NEW PAPER: Whatever the UK’s future relationship with the EU, we can collaborate now to cut energy costs and boost security. The next phase of the UK–EU reset should focus on energy, from electricity trading to the North Sea. Read more 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/europe-agenda-energy-and-climate 030
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026One in 20 young people now say they have no close friends at all. A decade ago, it was one in 100. So what has happened to growing up in Britain? @hollies.bsky.social explains 👇 043
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026Nearly half of young women aged 16–24 now meet the threshold for psychological distress. For young men, it’s more than a third. Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/the... 22819
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026Young people’s worsening mental health isn’t just affecting how they feel. It’s affecting what they can do. The share of 16–24-year-olds saying their mental health meant they accomplished less has risen more than fourfold since 2010–12. Find out more here: www.ippr.org/articles/the... 072
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 01/09/2026⏰ | NEW REPORT: Young people are five times more likely to have no close friends than a decade ago. Gen Z are more isolated, more distressed and less productive. This isn’t a generation of snowflakes. It’s a generation being let down. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/the... 37033
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 27/08/2026Today's stats show that 2024-25 tax year saw record capital gains, and capital gains tax revenue. Capital gains tax is an increasingly important source of revenue for the government, particularly following the unprecedented boom in asset values over the past two decades. 1/2 132
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 27/08/2026Big tech dominance is stopping new ideas getting off the ground. More than a third of firms we surveyed had shelved a product because of a major tech company dominating the market. Stronger competition means more room to innovate and grow. Find out more at www.ippr.org/articles/bottleneck-britain 163
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 27/08/2026📢 NEW REPORT: Big Tech dominance is holding back UK businesses and innovation. One answer to better growth lies in backing stronger competition policy - read the latest from us on opening up digital markets and strengthening UK digital sovereignty. www.ippr.org/articles/bot... 042
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 26/08/2026Almost 80% of Britain’s rising fiscal costs will come from ageing by 2075, dwarfing the pressures from defence spending, net zero and lower migration. We should rebalance taxes away from work and towards wealth, says @benansell.bsky.social. Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/tax... 24528
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 26/08/2026💷 | NEW REPORT: Nearly 80% of Britain’s rising fiscal costs will come from an ageing population by 2075, but our tax system still piles more of the burden onto work & younger earners. In this report, @benansell.bsky.social argues for a new fiscal settlement 👇 www.ippr.org/articles/tax... 12922
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 18/08/2026Online safety policy has to regulate the product, not the user. The UK currently regulates harmful content, but we are far behind the EU and the US in regulating algorithms and manipulative platform design. 📺 @sofiahewson.bsky.social on #BBCNews 👇 0104
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 14/08/2026🤔 £3bn sounds like a big price tag. But what’s really behind the headlines on zero-hours contracts? @josephevans.bsky.social explains why giving workers more predictable hours and incomes is worth getting right, and why the likely cost is much lower. Read more🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/raising-the-bar 010
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 14/08/2026🕐️ NEW RESEARCH: Insecure hours mean insecure incomes, making it harder to budget, pay bills and plan ahead. Our latest research shows why the government’s new guaranteed-hours right should cover workers contracted for up to 30 hours who regularly work more. 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/rai... 050
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 13/08/2026How much of gov revenue could be eaten up by debt interest by 2074–75? 🔴 Adverse scenario: 47.0% 🟠 Central scenario: 21.3% 🟢 Favourable scenario: 7.6% The choices gov make today can dramatically change the burden passed on to future generations. 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/bey... 110
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 13/08/2026🚨 | NEW REPORT: Future generations are on course to see £1 in every £5 of their taxes swallowed up by debt interest. In our new report, we set out a plan for a new fiscal framework that looks beyond short-term headroom and confronts long-term risks. 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/bey... 161
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 12/08/2026🛢️ NEW BLOG: Oil and gas companies should help pay for the carbon storage for their emissions, rather than leaving taxpayers and energy billpayers to pick up the tab. Our latest blog makes the case for extended producer responsibility for carbon capture 📃 www.ippr.org/articles/fin... 083
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 10/08/2026A perfectly normal and easy word that absolutely nobody struggled to pronounce. Reciprocism. The word might be a mouthful. The idea isn’t. 082
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 10/08/2026The populist right offers belonging through exclusion. Our new political project argues the left needs to offer belonging through contribution instead — #reciprocism, not nationalism. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/wha... 133
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 06/08/2026⏰ | NEW BLOG: NEW BLOG: Britain can afford its defence plan, but reaching 3% of GDP requires smarter cooperation. We make the case for joint purchasing, shared stockpiles and joining a defence bank. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/joi... 030
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 05/08/2026🏘️ Building homes is crucial, but it isn’t the only answer to the UK's housing crisis. Dr @msingerhobbs.bsky.social explains how homelessness, social housing shortages, temporary accommodation and unaffordable rents demand a wider response. 📺️ BBC North West Tonight 042
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 03/08/2026Fiscal devolution is crucial to unlocking growth. 📺 @harryqp.bsky.social on Channel 4 News 👇 031
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 29/07/2026How would we solve the adult social care crisis? 🧑⚕️ Free personal care 💰 Funded by an increase in income tax on over-40s 🏥 Integrate NHS with National Care Service 📺 @harryqp.bsky.social on @news.sky.com 👇 020
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/07/2026Today we launch #reciprocism - a new progressive politics built on power, place, participation and protection. It's based on one simple idea: The state does more for you, and you do more for each other. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/wha... 0101
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 28/07/2026Progressives haven’t had a compelling political project since the Third Way. Our new report sets out one: #reciprocism. A politics in which the state does more for citizens, while asking more of them in return. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/wha... 085
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 24/07/2026Young people’s life satisfaction is in free fall. The proportion of young people who are satisfied with their lives has fallen from 62% in 2010 to 44% today. Read more here: www.ippr.org/articles/i-f... 164
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 24/07/2026⏰ | NEW BLOG: Young people in England feel less secure, supported and likely to belong than a decade ago. Drawing on conversations with nearly 200 young people and families, we explore why childhood has become more stressful and less joyful. Read here: www.ippr.org/articles/i-f... 084
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 22/07/2026Our tax system is dysfunctional ❌️ By focusing on tax fairness, Burnham has an opportunity to raise the funds needed to provide support for those hit by the cost of living crisis - without hitting working people. 📺️ @rachaelhenry.bsky.social on GB News 👇️ 061
Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 22/07/2026Cutting VAT on energy bills is welcome. It will ease pressure on households & make heat pumps & electric vehicles cheaper to run. But it must be the start. Gov should shift policy costs into taxation & speed up solar, batteries & clean transport. 📻 @joshemden.bsky.social on Sky News 👇 062