The size of the fiscal gap is uncertain but could plausibly be in the region of £20 to £30 billion – and this is before the ...

Given continued fiscal pressures, the chancellor will have to raise taxes in the autumn budget. Attention is on Britain’s ...

The autumn budget is the government’s chance to respond with attention-grabbing policies, showing it will be fighting on side ...

In July and August 2025, Gordon Brown, the Social Market Foundation (SMF) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) ...

Once the bill receives royal assent it will, overnight, substantially improve trade unions’ ability to access and organise ...

Founded on progressive values, the centre will develop thinking on how the UK can navigate today’s rapidly changing global ...

This book calls for a new kind of delivery model for people with complex needs who live in deprived neighbourhoods. There is a significant gap in services for people with complex needs. People with ...

IPPR executive director Harry Quilter-Pinner reacts to the spending review.

The stakes for a government are rarely higher than at a budget. With the Autumn Budget on the horizon, the Chancellor faces a multitude of difficult choices amongst a challenging economic context. As ...

Liberal democracy across the West is under strain. The causes of these democratic challenges are many and complex but there is a common thread: a decline in political trust. Growing distrust in ...

We find a worrying disconnect between voters’ opinions and the reality of these challenges, particularly on the state of the ...