Institute for Public Policy Research
| |
Type | Progressive think tank |
---|---|
Headquarters | 14 Buckingham Street, WC2N 6DF |
Location | |
Director | Tom Kibasi |
Website | www.ippr.org |
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is a left-wing[1] think tank based in London. It was founded in 1988 and is an independent registered charity.[2] IPPR has offices in Newcastle, Manchester, and Edinburgh.[3][4] Funding comes from trust and foundation grants, government support, and individual donors.[5]
History
The Institute for Public Policy Research's founding director was James Cornford.[6] According to academic Peter Ruben its primary aim was to provide theoretical analysis for modernisers in the UK Labour Party; offering alternatives to free market fundamentalism.[7]
Matthew Taylor was director between 1998 and 2003.
Tom Kibasi became the group's director in April 2016.[8]
Publications
IPPR publishes about fifty reports each year, topics include Economic policy, Energy, transport, climate change, families, work, migration, integration, communities, democracy, devolution and public services.[9]
Journal
Discipline | Politics |
---|---|
Language | English |
Edited by | Mathew Lawrence and Carys Roberts |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) |
New Economy Public Policy Research Juncture |
Publication history | 1994–present |
Publisher | |
Find out here | |
Indexing | |
ISSN |
2573-2331 |
LCCN | 2013201388 |
OCLC no. | 988028359 |
Links | |
The IPPR publishes the journal IPPR Progressive Review (formally Juncture) quarterly via Wiley.[10]
Reports
In September 2018, the think tank published Prosperity and justice: A plan for the new economy - The final report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice based on two years of research. The report recommendations included; the minimum wage raised to £10.20 per hour in London and to £8.75 outside London, workers on zero hours contracts to be paid at least 20% above the higher rate, an industrial strategy boosting exports, with a new national investment bank raising £15bn a year to get public investment to 3.5% of GDP (the G7 average), large changes to government of UK companies including workers on company boards, raising the headline rate of corporation tax and a minimum corporation tax rate to fight tax avoidance by multinationals and a single income tax for all types of incomes. Currently the poorest 20% pay 35% of their incomes in tax, a higher proportion than any other income groups.[11][12][13]
- Prosperity and justice: A plan for the new economy - The final report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice, Tom Kibasi, Michael Jacobs, Catherine Colebrook, Mathew Lawrence, Carys Roberts, Grace Blakeley, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Lesley Rankin, Alfie Stirling (September 2018) Polity Press[14]
References
- ↑ "List of thinktanks in the UK". the Guardian. 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
- ↑ "About IPPR". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "IPPR North". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "IPPR Scotland". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "How we are funded". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ Andrew Denham and Mark Garnett (2006) 'What works'? British think tanks and the 'end of ideology', The Political Quarterly 77(2), pp. 156-165
- ↑ Ruben, Peter (1996). "The institute for public policy research: Policy and politics". Contemporary British History. 10 (2): 65–79. doi:10.1080/13619469608581387.
- ↑ "IPPR appoints new Director". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
- ↑ "Our Work". www.ippr.org. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ "Overview". onlinelibrary.wiley.com. Wiley. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ Inman, Phillip (4 September 2018). "Thinktank calls for major overhaul of Britain's economy". the Guardian.
- ↑ "UK economy requires 'fundamental structural shift'".
- ↑ There is an alternative to neoliberalism – but if Labour keeps ignoring it, the Tories will adopt it first The Independent
- ↑ "Prosperity and justice: A plan for the new economy - The final report of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice". IPPR. 5 September 2018.