Can automation fix the UK's stagnant productivity problem? @Henry_J_Parkes says new technology can boost the economy and raise people's wages. Find out how 👇 pic.twitter.com/NPJRMmzOGP
— IPPR (@IPPR) August 2, 2019
Automation will produce significant productivity gains that will reshape specific sectors and occupations. This process could reinforce inequalities unless it's managed well.
Here's our plan to boost productivity whilst narrowing inequalities👇https://t.co/O4YLdYawRi
— IPPR (@IPPR) August 2, 2019
Much more than up-beat words and a quick cash injection is needed to "turbo-charge" the North – to reduce inequality and boost the whole UK economy.
Here's some of the deeper thinking needed to make it happen #economicjustice #PowerUptheNorth
Including…an actual strategy!🎺🎺 https://t.co/PGs5QP9wXy
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 30, 2019
📖 Weekend Reading 📚 Ahead of next week’s launch of a series of IPPR reports on tackling environmental breakdown, read our award winning #ThisIsACrisis report which set out the scale of the challenge aheadhttps://t.co/xHBBzSuHUw
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 27, 2019
We have one chance to get social care right: it would be a travesty if Johnson and Hancock allowed it to go to waste
Only bold reform will ensure people have the security in older age they need – @harry_qp argues for @IndyVoices https://t.co/n5gNkMF75M
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 26, 2019
Algorithms risk magnifying human bias and error on an unprecedented scale. @rachelstatham_ explains how they work and why we have to ensure they don’t perpetuate historic forms of discrimination https://t.co/SYlgckcnAY pic.twitter.com/IJ8n72r421
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 25, 2019
"History shows that when the wealthy are incentivised to contribute to the population’s basic needs, everybody wins"
IPPR #EconomicsPrize joint winners set out their proposal to create an ethical economic system @openDemocracyhttps://t.co/7UmDqw2VvZ
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 23, 2019
'A no-deal Brexit means economic chaos' and 'the most vulnerable would be affected most' says Gordon Brown (@OfficeGSBrown) at today's IPPR and @hopenothate event pic.twitter.com/i85xIwSacQ
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 22, 2019
"A no-deal Brexit is bad for Britain, it would be chaotic, it would divide the country and put the union at risk"
Gordon Brown speaks to @BBCNews about the risks of no-deal following his speech to IPPR & @hopenothate pic.twitter.com/0cKyC803zW
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 22, 2019
Today three former Prime Ministers – John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown – have all warned of the catastrophic consequences of no-deal Brexit
Read the @guardian live blog coverage of Gordon Brown's speech at IPPR with @hopenothate https://t.co/7rUkYj79If
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 22, 2019
"The judges praised Szreter, Cooper and Szreter’s radical historical, economic and community-led policy solutions to the economic challenges faced by the UK"
Read their joint winning IPPR #EconomicsPrize report here 👉https://t.co/0zl9h525k9https://t.co/NKKVyUj8lf
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 21, 2019
📚 Weekend Reading 📖 Check out Under 25 IPPR #EconomicPrize winner @bert_slide's automation and working time report
He argues that we should be rewarded for our online digital labour, not with money, but with timehttps://t.co/YBlBIIV6Mw
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 20, 2019
This IPPR #EconomicsPrize joint winning report looks to history – finding that Britain's most successful episodes of economic growth were enabled by large-scale improvements in welfare and human capital.
Read the full winning report here⤵️https://t.co/L2TL0nUpJg
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 19, 2019
We are delighted to win the @prospect_uk think tank award for our environment report #ThisIsACrisis
The report warned of the socioeconomic consequences of environmental breakdown and made the case for transformative change.
Read it here👉https://t.co/OSB1Al37tN https://t.co/PyX0nMHQu0— IPPR (@IPPR) July 17, 2019
IPPR recommends government put in place measures to convert the rise of automation into a positive benefit for all workers – via @personneltoday https://t.co/dCOrC2cZ5w
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 16, 2019
Elizabethan poor laws could show how to unlock the UK's stagnant productivity… There is a link between the highest levels of productivity in our history and universal social security, writes IPPR #EconomicsPrize joint winner Simon Szreter in @thetimes https://t.co/njgNowpMtJ
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 12, 2019
📝Progressive Review Editorial: @carysroberts and @joshemden write that it isn't sufficient to redress injustices and inequalities by redistribution alone – instead they need to be tackled at source, in the structures of the economy in which they arisehttps://t.co/BIQ9pDbODp
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 11, 2019
"We need to fundamentally shift the UK economy so that the public services we all rely on are suitably financed to meet our needs and expectations"@Dhochlaf writes for @IndyVoices on how to end austerity the right wayhttps://t.co/6udVPK6CYV
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 10, 2019
"The key proposal, emanating directly from history, is that generous and inclusive universal welfare provision should be reconceptualised as an absolutely crucial economic growth promoter" – Simon Szreter #EconomicsPrize joint winnerhttps://t.co/kXtje3p0bP
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 10, 2019
'An economy thrives most when citizens are supported by a strong social security system' – @RJPartington covers the winning ideas of the IPPR Economics Prize https://t.co/GEYVg8VVNqhttps://t.co/9TZDE8nCd9
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/IPPR/status/1148556552380518401
We need a transformation of the taxation of wealth in the UK. IPPR has proposed abolishing inheritance tax and replacing it with a lifetime donee-based gift tax
This would raise more money, more progressively, than the current tax system. Find out how ⤵️https://t.co/ICmfPS0Y0c
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 8, 2019
https://twitter.com/IPPR/status/1148164761491841024
'It’s time for fundamental reform. That must include rebalancing the economy towards export-oriented industries and promoting investment around the country' says @carysroberts on IPPR's manufacturing jobs analysis reported in @ExpressandStar https://t.co/ZfkCNeNlnG
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 8, 2019
"We are determined to provide a route map to the new economy, including a #JustTransition for those who will be affected by the end of the fossil fuel economy… That is the purpose of the IPPR Environmental Justice Commission" writes co-chair @Ed_Milibandhttps://t.co/o21usmOoOA
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 5, 2019
"For too long we've adopted an approach which blames and punishes the individual for harmful health behaviours, while ignoring the realities of the commercial pressures that normalise and encourage excessive consumption" @Dhochlaf writes for @theHouse_maghttps://t.co/FIZbUzsM9k
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 4, 2019
'IPPR calls for a shift towards an investment state, with significantly higher spending on health, education and welfare, funded by higher taxes. This would lift the UK to European standards of provision' –@guardian live blog on our Ending Austerity reporthttps://t.co/4w8hOfoiZ4
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 4, 2019
Today @LordsEconCom calls for social care to be made free at the point of use, just like the NHS, as proposed by IPPR in our social care report 👉https://t.co/qzT0tspz5C #r4todayhttps://t.co/YmsUpdbrZ8
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 4, 2019
Our vital pubic services need investment, but currently the UK's social spending is much lower than similar European countries
IPPR is calling for the UK to match European social spending to provide better and more universal public services https://t.co/A185z812u2 pic.twitter.com/CdNB6cxbPf
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/IPPR/status/1146342063459459072
"If we reach a certain level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, even before we reach the kind of global warming we are trying to avoid, we’ll experience a greater likelihood of extreme weather events, like this #heatwave" – @joshemden tells @HuffPostUKhttps://t.co/95kVOYJGco
— IPPR (@IPPR) July 1, 2019
If you get cancer, the NHS will cover your care costs, but if you're diagnosed with dementia you'll likely have to pay yourself.
The principle of 'free at the point of need' must be extended from the NHS to the social care system. @harry_qp explains why https://t.co/qzT0tspz5C pic.twitter.com/OPHOz2Xh3w
— IPPR (@IPPR) May 23, 2019
"Boris Johnson has led London, a region that's seen the benefit of major transport investment…& also of powers with TfL…the North needs investment & powers so the region can shape its own future…" @annainnewcastle on @BBCNEandCumbria. ⤵️https://t.co/7MQcsPe4b1 pic.twitter.com/GB80D5CymG
— IPPR North (@IPPRNorth) July 25, 2019
This week @JohnMcDonnellMP announced that @UKLabour would break up the treasury and move a "huge" part of it to the North.
Catch up on @LukeRaikes' response, via @bbc5live here. ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/lSkBRuDnX3
— IPPR North (@IPPRNorth) July 11, 2019
The North is made up of 15 million people, 5 major cities, 265 towns, 1,000 villages & smaller communities, 8 major ports, 29 unis & 4 national parks. 💪
Here are 5 ways the next PM can show they’re serious about the North @BorisJohnson @Jeremy_Hunt. 👇https://t.co/EfWXk0fHjq
— IPPR North (@IPPRNorth) July 1, 2019
The announcement by @ScotGov earlier this month on a Scottish Child Payment was significant, but now the hard work of delivering the greatest possible impact really begins. @rachelstatham_ blogs about our ongoing work with @jrf. ⤵️https://t.co/x52ikaYnvB
— IPPRScotland (@IPPRScotland) July 15, 2019
Think tank IPPR report advises government to extend climate change style laws to prevent breakdown across the natural environment. https://t.co/bq6MjfqgyA
— The Ecologist (@the_ecologist) August 1, 2019
Richard Dawson speaks to Sarah Longlands, director of @IPPRNorth, to get her perspective on what economic justice means for the North East – https://t.co/grN1fcbwm9 pic.twitter.com/xyf6nkEmry
— North East Times (@NETimesMagazine) July 23, 2019
"If you are talking about peacetime self-inflicted wounds, nothing is going to compare with the effects of a no-deal Brexit."
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown says Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson are wrong to view a no-deal Brexit "as the ultimate patriotic act". pic.twitter.com/Ob7PTiHCeY
— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) July 22, 2019
"It is an act of self harm that is being dressed up as some patriotic act, and not to do it is to be seen as a betrayal of Britain," says former prime minister Gordon Brown on a no-deal #Brexithttps://t.co/0ICGXGIHv4 pic.twitter.com/veGpE1d3ck
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 22, 2019
Gordon Brown will speak this morning at the @IPPR. He will warn of the threat a Chaos Brexit poses, pointing to the damage to Britain caused by a no deal exit. Read more about our new polling here: https://t.co/8I33GSQlxX pic.twitter.com/lBdx413bFe
— HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) July 22, 2019
We funded a report from @ippr which calls for significant reform to the Council Tax system, including ending exemptions for second and empty homes. Read the report's full recommendations here https://t.co/LGVExiXWtb pic.twitter.com/vzyoAL7z6F
— Trust for London (@trustforlondon) July 20, 2019
A new @IPPR study found that 10% of women work in jobs at “high-risk” of #automation, compared with just 4% of men. Report author @carysroberts says, “if women stay disproportionately in the low-paid sectors, we could see inequalities increasing.” https://t.co/t2050zjMhc
— AI Impact Group (@aiimpactgroup) July 20, 2019
Clear calls for more investment and control for the North to shape its own transport future – compelling insight from @MayorofGM @JenWilliamsMEN @helenpidd and @RailDeliveryGrp alongside our own Barry White today. Thanks @IPPRNorth for putting #FutureRail in the spotlight. https://t.co/ltWmvvD9fs
— Transport for the North (@Transport4North) July 19, 2019
'Why the #remunicipalisation movement is growing', by @satokokishimoto in the new issue of the @IPPR Review: https://t.co/fXAfSeThMA pic.twitter.com/i4TUukaCZf
— TNI (@TNInstitute) July 18, 2019
A huge congratulations to Writing student @bert_slide on winning £25,000 as the Under-25 winner of the inaugural @IPPR #EconomicsPrize for his paper 'Automation and Working Time'. Read more: https://t.co/fPkejJl7fP
— Royal College of Art (@RCA) July 18, 2019
Good overview and analysis from @IPPR on the challenges and opportunities facing the Welsh skills system. https://t.co/o9k5dqEoix
— Commission on the College of the Future (@CollegeComm) July 18, 2019
Neat video on automation and women by IPPR – well done @carysroberts! https://t.co/lFJywTzyzV
— Institute for the Future of Work (@_futureofwork) July 17, 2019
Women in UK twice as likely as men to lose their jobs to robots https://t.co/P0grdregSS pic.twitter.com/XIHpKfDYn2
— New York Post (@nypost) July 16, 2019
The @IPPR prize winning analysis from 7 economists at @londoneconomics. All about ensuring sustainable and inclusive growth in the UK. What an achievement! https://t.co/Hqn7KLhxRZ pic.twitter.com/OPJKpmvCaY
— London Economics, LE (@LondonEconomics) July 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/Comm_Links/status/1148590708581945346
IPPR’s @MarleyAMorris presenting the results of our report, which can be found here: https://t.co/dOrnRy7bg7 pic.twitter.com/wkzutw0Idd
— FES London (@FES_GB) July 9, 2019
New @IPPR report calls for creation of ‘investment state’ https://t.co/VY6mWScLtB
— Localgov.co.uk (@localgoveditors) July 3, 2019
https://twitter.com/emsie40/status/1157300303466815490
The causes of environmental breakdown are baked into our current economic model. It’s time for a new one to build a more sustainable, just and prepared world. Our future depends on it. pic.twitter.com/Cq1x3iQjku
— Lesley Rankin (@lesleyfrankin) August 1, 2019
Congrats @IPPR @Laurie_L_L on a really exciting report.
A very powerful case for a new Sustainable Economy Act, building on the successful Climate Change Act, to offer much stronger protection to our environment https://t.co/rPCJSKD7Xe
— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) August 1, 2019
So I co-wrote something. The Climate Change Act has been phenomenally successful, but we need to consider other environmental impacts and think more smartly about how and how much we consume. https://t.co/mkRzLmHBh4
— Tom Hill (@tomhillonline) August 1, 2019
Great from @carysroberts on why workers need bargaining power to benefit from economic gains
— Shreya Nanda (@shreyagnanda) July 30, 2019
Am I missing something?
Yesterday @BorisJohnson says he has a "clear plan" to fix the social care crisis
Today: no mention of it at all in speech to MPs setting out "priorities"Hope it's because he's looking at @IPPR plan for free care at point of needhttps://t.co/0tp09tRvFY
— David Wastell (@DavidWastell) July 25, 2019
NEW: Former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major endorses Gordon Brown's speech at @IPPR this morning warning of the dangers of a no-deal #Brexit. Great to see cross-party cooperation in the national interest. pic.twitter.com/MNmfFrzk2E
— Tom Kibasi (@TomKibasi) July 22, 2019
📣 Follow @hopenothate @ippr today at 11am to get LIVE results of @OfficeGSBrown speech today opposing a ‘no-deal’ #Brexit ⬇️⬇️
Read more on @hopenothate campaign, ‘No To Chaos Brexit’: https://t.co/9DeC8pgAER https://t.co/mhZRmedREO
— Nick Ryan (@ryanscribe) July 22, 2019
You’ve got one more week to read the latest @IPPR Progressive Review for free. It’s on economic policy alternatives being put into action around the world and is full of useful lessons for the UK: https://t.co/47EdwHPrT4 pic.twitter.com/0Ivz3AOJh0
— Carys Roberts (@carysroberts) July 20, 2019
Today @IPPRScotland launch our first of two reports on the future of the skills system in Wales 🏴
This first report looks at the challenges and opportunities the system faces, highlighting the transformation that automation and ageing will have on skills and the economy 📊✏️📔 https://t.co/m50VC7KofZ
— Jack Fawcett (@jackfawcett) July 17, 2019
My article on @IPPR's report about the real-life deficits created by austerity and the importance of strengthening and expanding universal public services.https://t.co/VvvkgPwVja
— John McDonnell MP (@johnmcdonnellMP) July 11, 2019
Our @IPPR #EconomicsPrize winning plan to decentralise Britain for inclusive prosperity is covered in my blog for @CityMetric . Many thanks to friends @LondonEconomics for coauthoring the proposal. https://t.co/yg6FmMfxgb
— Farooq Sabri (@Farooq_Sabri) July 11, 2019
Can data be managed as a commons? Piece in @IPPR Progressive Review – in which I rep @ODIHQ, @decodeproject work on 'recursive commons' and of course, good old Elinor Ostrom. Free for two weeks, ask me for a pdf after https://t.co/0nswDJFCTR pic.twitter.com/L5R1ciKi4N
— Sara Mahmoud (@sara_izzM) July 11, 2019
Delighted to be announced as joint winner of the @IPPR Economics Prize chaired by @MyStephanomics for our contribution 'Incentivising an ethical economics'https://t.co/PFluD0J3TP
— Ben Szreter (@szreter) July 10, 2019
It’s was an absolute pleasure to join the inspirational and erudite @ImmyKaur, Dr Beverly Lindsay, @thedancingflea, @LiamByrneMP and @carysroberts at tonight’s event on #EconomicJustice
Check out the full @IPPR report to find out what it’s all about 👇https://t.co/0ZGCn3b8gK pic.twitter.com/A5xwgrymFv
— Stuart Richards (@GMBStuart) July 4, 2019
Listen: Economic Justice for the North West https://t.co/m1sl4XE6Qa <<< podcast version of ace @ippr event I was at last week – opportunity to hear from @andyburnhamgm and @metromayorsteve
— Brian Robson (@BrianR0bson) July 4, 2019
With Johnson and Hunt promising massive giveaways to the top 1%, it has never been more obvious that austerity was a scam.
In this great new report from @IPPR, @harry_qp shows how we can remedy the damage caused by a decade of needless cuts. https://t.co/4bRzhoL3zQ
— Grace Blakeley (@graceblakeley) July 3, 2019
5 years on, the Northern Powerhouse remains a disconnected project & still needs to achieve its potential.
‘It‘s now time for a Northern Powerhouse of the North, by the North and for the North’
Great analysis from @IPPRNorth @lukeraikes & @CllrMarcus👇🏻
https://t.co/XsYvx4OwAc— Arianna Giovannini (@AriannaGi) July 1, 2019
Analysis from @IPPR was recently featured in a @CPAGUK report showing that 300,000 children will be pushed into poverty by the 2 child limit by 2023/24.
Today, we have evidence that over 500,000 children have already been hit by this benefit cuthttps://t.co/z2EkAGdABa
— Dean Hochlaf (@Dhochlaf) July 31, 2019
Glad to see recognition of our latest @IPPR report which establishes a path to ending austerity and advocates government spending as a tool to address major social challengeshttps://t.co/OPJIFrcbI4
— Dean Hochlaf (@Dhochlaf) July 3, 2019
The Climate Change Act was a revolutionary piece of legislation – we now need a Sustainable Economy Act to protect all aspects of our environment: https://t.co/SGJGim8fOy @IPPR’s new report on environmental breakdown out today by @Laurie_L_L @tomhillonline
— Luke Murphy (@LukeSMurphy) August 1, 2019
Exciting to see @SadiqKhan announce proposals today to properly regulate the private rented sector in London. Good to see @IPPR's work in the proposals for the London Model Tenancy. Open-ended tenancies, end to section 21 and caps on rents https://t.co/AO7Ykh5V90 1/3
— Luke Murphy (@LukeSMurphy) July 19, 2019
Environmental breakdown is an unprecedented threat
It's driven by the current economic model
We need a new one, with a better conception of abundance, massive green investment, a leading role for state & communities
New @IPPR from me & @tomhillonlinehttps://t.co/umuAxFdWK6
— Laurie Laybrn-Langtn (@Laurie_L_L) August 2, 2019
It used to seem more likely that hell would freeze over than Boris Johnson would become prime minister. But as the furore over his new govt dominates our attention, a far greater political crisis rages. The Arctic is burning
Latest @NewStatesman thoughtshttps://t.co/7zRkS5LtNr
— Laurie Laybrn-Langtn (@Laurie_L_L) July 25, 2019
My initial thoughts in the i on Boris Johnson's announcement introducing an 'Australian-style' points-based immigration system in the UK https://t.co/87xTBt9mfk pic.twitter.com/0tFxOwK5uo
— Marley Morris (@MarleyAMorris) July 31, 2019
What do Boris Johnson's plans for an 'Australian-style' points-based system mean in practice? I assess some of the options for @LSEpoliticsblog https://t.co/MJc9d9JxTT
— Marley Morris (@MarleyAMorris) July 26, 2019
“A points-based system doesn’t mean much in itself”. My comments for @FT article today on Boris Johnson's new immigration announcement https://t.co/ycfwzJMtIu
— Marley Morris (@MarleyAMorris) July 26, 2019
Dominic Cummings gave a lively speech to @IPPR in 2014 on the civil service. Proposals included reducing the number of civil servants in Whitehall by half (on top of previous cuts). Full audio here:https://t.co/DCL9VLUWlp
— Marley Morris (@MarleyAMorris) July 24, 2019