The UK’s competition framework — and its regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority — has struggled to prevent rising market concentration and stagnant productivity. At the same time, the UK ...

The UK faces a growing crisis of economic inactivity. Too many people – particularly those with long-term health conditions – are locked out of the labour market or stuck in insecure, low-paid work ...

With a new immigration white paper imminent, this blog outlines how the government must balance pursuing its growth mission with managing the pressures of migration and supporting integration to ...

Reacting to the immigration white paper, Marley Morris, associate director at IPPR, said: "Today represents the biggest shake-up of the immigration system since Brexit. The government has set out its ...

Reacting to the UK-EU reset breakthrough, Marley Morris, associate director for migration, trade and communities at IPPR, said: "Of all the deals announced this month, today’s UK-EU reset is by far ...

Reacting to the Climate Change Committee report on Scotland's carbon budgets, Dave Hawkey, senior research fellow at IPPR Scotland, said: “Today’s advice from the Climate Change Committee tells us ...

English local government faces major reshaping. England’s new mayors will join a group of highly visible leaders. But large-scale mayoral authorities are unfamiliar in England, and they will need to ...

In the first quarter of 2025, the UK economy grew by 0.7 per cent. This is an increase on the final quarter of 2024, when the growth rate was 0.1 per cent. This compares to the US economy which shrank ...

The think-tank welcomed the first minister’s reiteration of his four strategic priorities – eradicating child poverty, growing the economy, tackling climate change, and ensuring high quality and ...

For 75 years, communities in the North have helped to power the country through nuclear generation. But this legacy is now at risk of ending in as little as five years’ time. According to new research ...