Only history will reveal what the current chancellor, Rachel Reeves’, pre-budget routine looks like. But whatever it is, it ...

We find a worrying disconnect between voters’ opinions and the reality of these challenges, particularly on the state of the ...

Fresh IPPR Scotland polling shows that politicians must raise their game if next year’s election is a to be serious debate about the challenges facing Scotland and potential solutions. The education ...

As the government seeks to develop a new child poverty strategy, it will need to grapple with housing – the single largest cost faced by families. Children need a firm foundation on which to build ...

As the number of maternal breadwinners continues to rise across Europe, this report compares the demographics of this phenomenon both across the continent and in Britain and Germany specifically, ...

As conversations about race and equality continue to evolve, Black History Month remains a powerful invitation to pause, reflect, and recommit to progress. Black workers are much more likely to be in ...

An insight into why we might privilege social justice, over criminal justice Prison does not only impact and harm those who are directly locked up; prisons affect all of us. Yet many of us don’t ...

Liberal democracy across the West is under strain. The causes of these democratic challenges are many and complex but there is a common thread: a decline in political trust. Growing distrust in ...

Stephen Harper, Canada's prime minister since 2006, provides an object lesson in translating political weakness and minority support into lasting power. Why do minority governments succeed or fail?

Energised by highly visible, media-friendly issues of sexualisation and representation, new 'fourth-wave' feminism must not dismiss concerns of structural inequality as relics of a previous age.

In this report, we assess the long- and short-term trends in public opinion concerning Europe, and consider the deeper issues – such as the economy, cultural change and trust in politics – that these ...