🇬🇧 | NEW REPORT: The UK's tax system is fuelling regional inequality. Taxing income more than we tax wealth disproportionately benefits those in the South. This new report sets out a serious of reforms to overhaul our tax system. ippr.org/articles/suppo…

Latest IPPR North / IPPR report projects that a person in the North of England will have, on average, £210,000 less wealth than someone from the South East by 2030.

Excellent new report from IPPR and IPPR North on how our skewed tax system, that favours the richest, exacerbates regional inequality.

Well done to the team at IPPR and IPPR North. This is such important work. ⬇️

Great to see our most recent IPPR North research cited in today's Financial Times A revamped capital gains levy should not tax illusory gains ft.com/content/a92c2f…

🏆Our #Researchoftheweek goes to IPPR and IPPR North for their report ‘Supporting the status quo: How the taxation of wealth in the UK grows regional divides.’ It found that the tax system is accelerating regional inequalities. (1/5) 🔗ippr.org/articles/suppo…

For many years, we have uncovered the incredible underinvestment in transport infrastructure in the North 🚆 Our analysis is always transparent & accurate 🔍 The previous gov went to great lengths to create smoke & mirrors. But the facts don't lie. 👌 thread by Tom Forth ⤵️

Now, finally, the new gov acknowledge that the status quo failed 💰 "Growing the economy in every part of the UK" is the right ambition to get regions back on track We look forward to the detail of plans to rebalance transport 💷 around the UK 🔍 x.com/ftworldnews/st…

It was brilliant to host an IPPR North roundtable in Leeds today on bottom up green industrial strategy with Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire & Carl Sizer PwC UK & my green industrial colleagues (guros) George Dibb & Marcus Johns.

Today read Ralph Blackburn splash on living standards in #Yorkshire drawing on Office for National Statistics (ONS) stats Analysis from Zoë Billingham IPPR North & myself We need further progress on productivity like #WestYorks & #EastRiding most recently to move dial yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politics/… #buyapaper

❤️‍🩹 REPORT: The UK is the sick man of Europe. The IPPR Commission on Health & Prosperity has spent the last three years diagnosing the problem & developing the medicine. Today we launch the most ambitious blueprint for the nation's health since Beveridge. ippr.org/articles/our-g…

⏰ A stark warning from the launch of the final report of the IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity. We are the sick man of Europe. That status is costing lives and severely damaging our economy. Children's health is in particular crisis. But. It doesn't have to be this way

Final report of IPPR’s Commission on Health and Prosperity is out today. Thought-provoking reading. I’m looking forward to joining IPPR to discuss its findings and recommendations at events this week and at The Labour Party conference next week. ippr.org/articles/our-g…

The IPPR Commission on Health and Prosperity would not have been possible without the expert guidance, input, and wisdom of our Commissioners, led by Dame Sally Davies and Lord Ara Darzi. Huge thanks to everyone involved! Read the final report here 👉 ippr.org/articles/our-g…

Local government is crucial to local and national economic growth Our evidence base is very clear that strong, capable local government can be a major enabler of driving better social and economic outcomes Marcus Johns on LBC News ⤵️

Delighted to share the final report of the IPPR Commission - from comprehensively showing that a healthier nation is a more prosperous one, we now lay out a roadmap to build this future. Huge credit to Chris Thomas for visionary leadership, and the whole team for this work.