The Latest Breaking News from Institute for Public Policy Research

Failed asylum seekers will be paid up to £40k to leave the UK, Shabana Mahmood announces

Home Office will detain and deport families with children if they do not accept financial payments to leave

The Independent UK · Mar 5

‘Asylum seeker housing to cost £5 billion a year under Government’s Rwanda plan’

Housing costs will balloon as a ‘perma-backlog’ of asylum seeker cases grows, says Institute for Public Policy Research

Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers not inflationary – think tank

The Institute for Public Policy Research says public sector staff should be offered a 10.5% rise.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

Britain’s private healthcare boom — vital relief for the overstretched NHS or is the UK sleepwalking into privatisation?

The number of Londoners turning to private GPs has hit a record high, but critics warn it’s creating a two-tier system. Katie Strick speaks to doctors and patients on both sides of the UK’s widening healthcare gap

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2022

While Biden is tackling inflation and shaping a green economy for the US, Britain is being left behind

The Inflation Reduction Act is a big win for jobs and the environment, but Truss and Sunak have nothing similar to offer, says Carys Roberts of the Institute for Public Policy Research

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

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