IPPR

IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research, is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.

[IPPR @IPPR]

Our analysis of 22 countries reveals that tax-funded healthcare systems have lower admin costs compared to insurance-based healthcare systems.

Administrative costs consume 2.2 per cent of health spending in tax-funded systems compared to 3.5 per cent in insurance systems.

[Dan Carden @DanCardenMP]

A growing body of evidence is making the case for action on rent affordability in the private rented sector.

Three important reports published in recent weeks deserve serious attention.

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[IPPR North @IPPRNorth]

Can hosting big sporting tournaments like the Open bring benefits for the North?

They can, but only if communities and regions are considered from the beginning.

Here's @northernmaeve for @BBCNWT 👇

[IPPR @IPPR]

Up to 8 million jobs in the UK are exposed to AI. But a jobs apocalypse is not inevitable. A new generation of workers' rights can protect workers and ensure everyone benefits from this new technology.

@evansjoseph_ explains 👇

[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

[Joseph Evans @evansjoseph_]

Exclusive coverage of new @IPPR report on worker power in the age of AI in the Guardian: https://t.co/F70aIKhFzs

[Joseph Evans @evansjoseph_]

AI might not take your job, but it could change it beyond recognition – for better or worse

In a new report with Amy Kinton for @IPPR's Decade of National Renewal programme, we make the case that workers’ rights should be overhauled for the AI era: https://t.co/N3zQPQnbUv

[Harry Quilter-Pinner @harry_qp]

This essay by @AndyBurnhamGM is spot on.

https://t.co/Zk9dnq7IBG

It is exactly the argument I made yesterday on @BBCNews

New Labour achieved a lot - but it’s failed to rewire the economy for justice.

And that is a big part of the anger people feel today.

[Harry Quilter-Pinner @harry_qp]

Brilliant explainer by @wesstreeting about why it’s unfair that someone earning their money from assets pays less than the majority of us who earn it from work! IPPR has been advocating for this for years - great that there is a debate opening up about it.

[IPPR @IPPR]

And yes, rental growth has slowed as wage growth has fallen. But to use the 'horse that's bolted' metaphor, our proposal ensures that when wage growth recovers, tenants can begin to close the gap with the horse. (4/4)

[IPPR @IPPR]

It's exactly the right time.🧵
It’s not only those in the capital who are struggling. 76% of renters live outside London and, even in the North East - the region with the lowest rate of unaffordable private renting - 18% of renters still face unaffordable housing costs. (1/4)

[Financial Times @FT]

No, now is not the time for UK rent controls https://t.co/GkmhWMBk35 | opinion

[IPPR @IPPR]

The provision of new build homes is no longer highly dependent on buy-to-let. Only 8% of new builds go straight into the rental sector, and most of this is larger scale "build-to-rent" investment, which would be exempt for 10 years under our proposal. (3/4)

[Joseph Evans @evansjoseph_]

Workers' rights is core to 'Manchesterism'

Burnham's story of Manchester's 'good growth' - where they recognised that better employment and stronger business performance went hand-in-hand - is well supported by the evidence

https://t.co/wDHSkOiLpz

[Henry Parkes @Henry_J_Parkes]

1/ Milburn is right that rising number of NEETs is a moral crisis as much as an economic one, as we set out in our blog this week.

Young people can feel hopeless
https://t.co/aI1jApjhdz

[IPPR @IPPR]

Ofgem’s latest price cap rise shows the Iran energy shock is starting to hit UK households.

@harry_qp explains why government should prepare a £2,000 energy bills ceiling that will protect families, limit inflation and reduce pressure for rate rises.

📻️ @TimesRadio

[IPPR @IPPR]

Our analysis of the latest NEET figures just released by the ONS finds two concerning trends:

1⃣ The number of young people who are NEET could rise from around one in eight today to one in six by the end of 2029.

2⃣ The recent rise has been driven mainly by young people who are economically inactive — meaning they are not in work and are not currently looking for work — rather than unemployed young people who are actively seeking a job. Three in five NEET young people are inactive, and this group accounts for two-thirds of the increase since 2021.

We're wasting a generation’s talent, skill, and potential. The government must act urgently, so that young people are supported to live a life of opportunity, that gives them a sense of self-worth.

[IPPR @IPPR]

An entire generation is being let down. Too many young people are being left to drift and face too many barriers to learning or earning. The current system is not doing enough to help them build confidence, gain experience or find a secure route into employment.

Turning this around will take action across government, involving multiple departments and a range of policy solutions. But the priority is simple: make sure every young person can access good training and a real route into secure work.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'We've got to reset the whole system'

Former minister Alan Milburn told #BBCBreakfast the education, health and welfare systems are "no longer fit for purpose" in preparing young people for adult life as he warned the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work, education or training set to rise to 1.25 million by 2031, unless 'urgent' action is taken

https://t.co/R6hKOMpvpA

[Harry Quilter-Pinner @harry_qp]

Me @BBCNews. Blair misdiagnoses the legacy of NL. It did drive growth but it failed to share that across the country. This underpins popular anger today. Labour have started to correct that - higher minimum wage, worker rights. It would be wrong to change course now.

[IPPR @IPPR]

Tony Blair is right that Labour needs a serious debate about its future, but that debate can’t just be about the solutions of the past. Simply returning to the economic model of the 1990s won’t answer today’s challenges.

📺 @harry_qp on @BBCNews 👇

[Joseph Evans @evansjoseph_]

I wrote for @CityAM about why, despite the cost pressures on businesses, the minimum wage remains a genuine economic policy success - a rare breed in modern Britain

https://t.co/nL4BM7ebTS