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IPPR, the Institute for Public Policy Research, is the UK’s leading progressive think tank.
‘We are the most regionally unbalanced country in the EU’ IPPR Research Fellow @graceblakeley speaks about regional inequality and infrastructure on #bbcqt
00:00- 🚨 Revealed – Lockdown measures are protecting landlords, banks and lenders more than the families they are meant to benefit Our new report shows the poorest are unfairly shouldering the greatest economic risk (thread) bit.ly/IPPRrent
00:00 - Wealth is twice as unequally distributed as income, so why are we taxing income so much more than wealth? @graceblakeley explains why we need a complete overhaul of the wealth tax system bit.ly/31coTgM #WealthMonth
00:00 - Today we launch a major Environmental Justice Commission with cross-party chairs @Ed_Miliband, @CarolineLucas & @Laura_Sandys The Commission will set out an ambitious plan for a UK Green New Deal to tackle climate change and wider societal injustices
- The economy is not working for everyone. But we forget it’s of human design. We can change things. Read the Commission on Economic Justice final report for the plan for a new economy ippr.org/cej #EconomicJustice
00:00 - 🚨 NEW: IPPR analysis shows the poorest households get just £120 help in #SpringStatement, while the richest are handed a £480 boost
- "When we're told that spending cuts are inevitable, that's simply not the case" says @carysroberts on @Channel4News
00:00 - More politicians from working-class backgrounds are needed to stop voters feeling 'disconnected' and as if politicians are 'not on their side' - even if that's a nightmare for Hansard reporters @Telegraph reports @AngelaRayner speech #IPPRdemocracy event
- We are delighted to announce that Lord Victor Adebowale (@Voa1234) has been appointed as the new chair of trustees at IPPR. It’s hugely exciting that such a dynamic contributor to our civil society is prepared to lead our Board at this pivotal moment.
- Meet Eddie and Rita – they both pay different amounts of tax, but earn the same amount 🤔 Why? Income from hard work is taxed more than income from wealth and assets This is unjust. The tax system needs reform 👇 bit.ly/JustTax
00:00 - Austerity has failed. Crime is up, rough sleeping has doubled, poverty is on the rise and health inequalities are expanding. There is an alternative. Our new report calls for the UK to end austerity and become an 'investment state'
- 'We're in the middle of a housing crisis, we've got a massive problem with homelessness' yet the rich list is dominated by those with unimaginable property wealth - @graceblakeley reacts to the Sunday Times rich list on #Marr
00:00 - It's no surprise that representatives from working class backgrounds are more likely to support measures to tackle inequality says @AngelaRayner We need to encourage more people from my and other diverse backgrounds into politics she tells #IPPRdemocracy event
