The Latest Breaking News from Carys Roberts

Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain

The long read: The new prime minister has declared he wants to end 40 years of neoliberalism. But is he really prepared to be that radical?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Starmer accused of pushing out some of last progressive allies in No 10 shake-up

Exclusive: PM reorganising key parts of government to give chief secretary Darren Jones more Whitehall control

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2025

Keir Starmer appoints two influential leftwing critics as government advisers

Both had warned against ditching £28bn green spending pledge and urged scrapping of two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024

Tory candidates’ tax cuts: a boost for the wealthy, and a drag for the rest of us

Inconveniently, there’s little evidence that the only thing standing between the UK and a thriving economic future is slashing taxes on corporate profits, says Carys Roberts, executive director of the Institute for Public Policy Research

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

Firms are driving up inflation - why doesn’t Johnson talk to them about restraint?

The government expects workers to shoulder the burden – while price spikes mean huge windfalls for some companies, says Carys Roberts of the IPPR

The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2022

Households falling into poverty isn’t inevitable. Here’s how we can prevent it

With inflation set to reach 10% and wages falling short, ministers can’t ignore the crisis affecting ever more voters, says the IPPR’s Carys Roberts

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2022