IPPR Scotland

We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting & improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

⚠️ Scotland could be sleepwalking into austerity ⚠️

🔴Our new analysis warns looming public sector job cuts could hollow out essential services just as demand rises.

📢The choices made now will shape Scotland’s public services for years.

Read here ⤵️
https://t.co/cAjD9DhGK2

[IPPR @IPPR]

🤖 | NEW REPORT: AI is reshaping work, and too often workers are paying the price. In this new paper, @evansjoseph_ sets out a new generation of worker rights so AI works for people, not just profits.

Read more here 👇

https://t.co/quVA8J6Vkr

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

"The debate about public sector reform during the election campaign was utterly lamentable... The elevation of public service reform to a distinct Cabinet Secretary post is encouraging..." @stephenboydecon spoke to @andrewlearmonth for @heraldscotland
https://t.co/LbHIHidnuX

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

After a lethargic Holyrood campaign, a new @IPPRScotland blog from @davehawkey_ reflects on the outcome and pre-election polling showing Scottish voters prefer a government reflecting their values over one focused on resolving issues in day-to-day life.

https://t.co/wmaZwY7LCn

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

What are the challenges faced by the First Minister? @stephenboydecon speaks on BBC Scotland Breakfast.

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

🗳️Our response to today's Holyrood election result.

More on the website: https://t.co/X0CX7VtNOS

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

"Acc to IPPR Scotland, there is a 'dispiriting retreat from the consensus across '21 manifestos that Scotland should play an ambitious role in the global fight against climate change'."

@davehawkey_ quoted extensively in @vicky_allan's sobering article⤵️
https://t.co/9iKHVajC3j

[The Herald @heraldscotland]

Stephen Boyd heads the influential think tank the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland. As the election looms, writer-at-large Neil Mackay met him to discuss what the parties are proposing and what Scotland needs 👇

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

Read our report to know more ⤵️

https://t.co/cAjD9DhGK2

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

In @heraldscotland: "... leading think tank IPPR Scotland has warned the plans for job losses in the public sector could see the country 'sleepwalking into austerity'."

Yes, we continue to sound the alarm bell.

https://t.co/QzL818jv5m

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

With the Holyrood election less than a week away,
@stephenboydecon writes for @prospect_uk on how Scotland's parties have failed to confront the scale of the challenge that awaits them in the next parliament.

Read here ⬇️

https://t.co/ViSvSaJPnb

[Casey Smith @CaseySmithIPPR]

Given today's findings, the absence of much discussion by parties on the campaign trail about how Scotland responds to this demographic crisis is glaring.

Policies which reconcile with the upcoming demographic crisis (or turn around trendlines) should really be front and centre.

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

All 6 of the major parties have released their manifestos for the Holyrood election - but do they meet @ipprscotland's tests for what makes a good manifesto? In short - they all must try harder.

Today's blog gets into the details https://t.co/TInvIIBPK8

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

Can the next Scottish government revive the economy? Have the parties risen to the challenge? 📈

@stephenboydecon was on the #UofGSpotlight podcast hosted by @ProfGraemeRoy with other experts Prof Sara Carter and David Waite.

Tune in ⤵️ https://t.co/3vquWp9k7G

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

In which @stephenboydecon tears into Reform's claim that a million people are economically inactive. He points to the "disturbingly wide chasm developing between political rhetoric and empirical evidence during this election campaign.” Read in @thetimes
https://t.co/yKNAT10Mm8

[IPPR @IPPR]

The IMF’s latest outlook paints a bleak picture and underlines a hard truth: the UK’s economy is still at the mercy of global crises.

Our dependence on volatile fossil fuels leaves households and businesses exposed to yet another wave of energy price shocks.

We will need to protect people from the effects of this now but to stop us having to do so again in the future we need to invest in electrification and clean, homegrown energy.

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

This is the blog in which we show that a manifesto with a policy programme that is not adequate to realise bold ideas is a disservice to the electorate ⤵️

https://t.co/OC6iYwCMro

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

📻We are delighted that @stephenboydecon was with Bernard Ponsonby on Go Radio in a debate structured around our blog on what will make a good Holyrood manifesto.

Was he assured that the manifestos would pass the test? Listen and find out! 👀

https://t.co/RklFbt9sEO

[Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs]

The @ScottishTUC are hosting a webinar at 12.30 on industrial strategy ahead of Holyrood elections next month. I'll be contributing with Chris Hamilton, the convener at Grangemouth refinery, Stephen Boyd @IPPRScotland and Satwat Rehman @JTCScotland. Join🔽
https://t.co/WMNMLzqlnu

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

For more - read our latest report which considers public sector employment, wages and productivity to determine how a progressive reform agenda can be pursued, meet fiscal challenges and sustain excellent public services for all into the future.

https://t.co/cAjD9DhGK2

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

Our recent report on public services and productivity in Scotland we published a series of blogs on the topic

@davehawkey_ outlines the limits of comparing teacher pay between Scotland and England, and not emphasising an international perspective

https://t.co/hyJDAaChsj

[IPPR Scotland @IPPRScotland]

For the fourth and final blog piece @CaseySmithIPPR reflects on the first hand accounts of public servants who spoke with @IPPRScotland about how they have experience public service reform.

https://t.co/nTE7IWYVYY