🏘️ 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

What is so frustrating about this silence is that there's plenty of evidence that talking about this is raises the salience & means progressives can set the terms of the debate My colleagues did some brilliant work earlier this year which goes into more detail: www.ippr.org/articles/apa...

Apathy and opposition: Understanding the real threats to net zero | IPPR

Watering down ambition offers no electoral advantage; a strong, progressive agenda on climate action remains broadly popular with the public.Elite opinion

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James Murray@james-bg.bsky.social · 2d ago

Wrote about the deafening silence on our summer of climate impacts from Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, business leaders, and even some campaign groups. The dominant climate discourse from the past week has been from those who want to ditch net zero targets and trash decarbonisation policies.

Fiscal devolution is crucial to unlocking growth. 📺 @harryqp.bsky.social on Channel 4 News 👇

This is a great piece - avoids the hysteria that rent controls often seem to induce & takes a more balanced look at critiques & solutions. Points out that 23 of the 38 OECD nations have some form of rent controls Was a pleasure to talk to the FT about our work on this: www.ippr.org/articles/hou...

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last wk.

Can rent controls ever work? ft.trib.al/ZHXLFni

📣 The prime minster has announced new powers for mayors.... Here's what we think 👇

The establishment of No 10 North laid the plumbing, but the water wasn't yet flowing. That changes today with this extraordinarily bold move on fiscal devolution. This is the most significant shift in how England is funded in a generation. 1/5

📺Speaking to @lewisgoodall.com on @lbc.co.uk Live, @davehawkey.bsky.social warned that Europe’s heatwaves and the wildfires in the Cairngorms are a stark reminder that climate extremes are here. 🌍🔥 The Scottish government must act now with a clear plan to prepare for what's coming. ⏳🌿

1/ The Bank of England held rates at 3.75% today. That was expected. Far more concerning is what has happened since it finalised its forecast—and what its adverse scenario says could come next. 🧵

You can't separate defence investment from the fiscal situation, which may be one of the reasons why Burnham moved Healey into the Treasury. But the DIP only leaves a £0.9bn gap in 2029–30, when the fiscal rules bite. That gap is manageable without tearing up the rules or existing spending plans.

Time to complete the Beveridge vision by making social care free at the point of need. Me on @news.sky.com

Institute for Public Policy Research@ippr.org · last wk.

How 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 👇

How 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 👇

Great to see my op-ed out in LBC today, which builds on our new @ippr.org report, What is the Left For?, also out today. A short thread 🧵 Op-ed 👉 [https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/price-caps-neoliberalism-growth-opinion-5HjdfDx_2/] Report 👉 [https://www.ippr.org/articles/what-is-the-left-for]

We’ve published our pamphlet today, ‘What is the left for?’ We’ve treated people like consumers rather than citizens for too long and watched governments promote individualism over collectivism. We think the left should be for a deeper and more mutual relationship between people and the state.

Institute for Public Policy Research@ippr.org · last wk.

Today 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...

Today 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...

Progressives 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...

1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Compulsory voting on the table as Burnham ponders electoral reform

Proposals seen by the prime minister’s advisers suggest a £10 fine for those who do not cast a ballot, with a ‘none of the above’ option to be included

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Burnham is right that fixing social care is essential to the future of the NHS. Without reform, hospitals will continue to be overwhelmed by people who would be better supported in the community. 1/3

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.

Andy Burnham vows to use his ‘political capital’ to fix social care system

Secondary students in England are more likely to be bullied than their peers in other countries – and their reported life satisfaction has dropped significantly since 2010, @ippr.org research shows

Students in England 'substantially' more likely to be mocked by peers

Research also warns that exam anxiety is contributing to a ‘steady decline’ in life satisfaction among young people

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Young 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...

New post: What should Andy Burnham do on AI? Three AI trends will define his premiership: economic impacts being felt, the need for leverage in the stack, and security risks crystallising. The government will need to be on the front foot about them. 👇 open.substack.com/pub/modeleco...

What should Andy Burnham do on AI?

Three AI trends will define his premiership

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⏰ | 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...

Britain’s tax system is stuck in the past. High street shops, pubs and other businesses with physical premises face a heavy business rates burden, while online giants benefit from a system that has failed to keep pace with how people now shop. 1/3

Business rates are stuck in the past: The enduring case for an online sales tax | IPPR

Britain’s business tax system is out of date. Taxation falls more onto traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ businesses with physical premises, while online reta

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Business rates to be cut by 20% for England pubs, clubs and music venues

Our 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 👇️

Cutting 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 👇

In our paper, published last week, we identified a lack of political will as one of the biggest barriers to tackling homelessness and implementing a housing-led approach Today, Burnham made his 1st priority as PM ending rough sleeping 1/🧵 www.ippr.org/articles/hom...

Home truths: Housing-led approaches to homelessness | IPPR

The most meaningful progress has instead come from places where local leaders have made homelessness a priority, driving improvements in both the provision

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🚌A £2 bus fare cap is brilliant news for everyone who relies on buses to get to work, school, or simply travel in their local area. It means cost won't be a barrier to accessing opportunity, while offering better value for money than cars. We're big fans of buses here...

Sky News@news.sky.com · 2w ago

The £2 bus fare cap in most areas of England will be reinstated from January.

Homelessness is the most visible sign of our crumbling public services. The prime minister's commitment to end rough sleeping as his first instruction shows that he is taking seriously the challenge he faces. 1/3

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2w ago

🚨 BREAKING: Andy Burnham pledges to end homelessness in Britain as his first act as PM "I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction: to end rough sleeping in our country"

Young people aren’t disengaged from politics. We’re just looking in the wrong places. They may be less likely to join parties or unions, but they are talking about politics, protesting and engaging in other ways, often more than older generations. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/741...

Britain’s next generation is all grown up

Alienated, ignored—and stuck at home with mum and dad. Young adults are locked out from the future they’re ready to shape

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Jane Gingrich and I have written an essay for @ippr.org on a fundamental problem, that an age that demands more of the state also suffers from multiple state legitimation crises www.ippr.org/articles/the...

The legitimacy trap | IPPR

In many ways, the public want more government: to shape a fairer, more dynamic economy and protect ordinary people from the consequences of a turbulent wor

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🏭⚡Industrial strategy means joining up energy, transport, skills and procurement so places like Port Talbot, Scunthorpe and Aberdeen can lead the industries of the future, creating good jobs and lasting local growth. 📺️ @Narayanator for @BBCWales 👇